The summons had been issued on January 23, after the court took cognisance of the offences alleged in the charge sheet

In the Dhaula Kuan BMW accident case, sharp arguments unfolded before a Delhi Court as the defence claimed accused Gaganpreet Kaur acted swiftly to rush victim Navjot Singh to a hospital, while the complainant alleged she deliberately delayed treatment by avoiding the nearest facility, leading to his death.

The Court adjourned the hearing on the bail application filed by Gaganpreet Kaur to September 20 after extensive submissions by the defence, complainant, and the Investigating Officer (IO).

Senior Advocates Ramesh Gupta and Vikas Pahwa appeared for Kaur.

Arguing for bail, before Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Ankit Garg of Patiala House Court, Gupta submitted that Kaur had no intention to cause harm and, in fact, had acted promptly to help the victim, Navjot Singh, a senior official in the Department of Economic Affairs. According to Gupta, Kaur stopped a van at the accident site to assist Singh, used a taxi driver’s phone to call her father-in-law after forgetting her own inside the car, and rushed Singh to a hospital within 21 minutes despite being injured herself.

“She left her injured husband and children at the spot. Her purpose was clear, to get medical treatment for the deceased and herself as quickly as possible. Everyone in such a situation tries to save life; what else could have been her intention?” Gupta argued. He added that the allegation Singh should have been taken to Safdarjung Hospital, just ten minutes away, could not be determinative. “Even the Supreme Court has held that a fair investigation is the heart of our judicial system. The police must collect real evidence,” he said, stressing the incident was “unfortunate” but not criminally motivated.

The IO, however, told the Court that CCTV footage showed Kaur walking before being admitted at the hospital, which he said was owned by her relatives. He added that the complainant, an injured witness, had asked Kaur to take Singh to the nearest hospital, but she insisted on another facility. Statements of the taxi driver and others had also been recorded, he noted.

The complainant’s counsel opposed bail, contending that Kaur, being from a hospital-owning family, knew the critical importance of timely treatment yet deliberately drove Singh nearly 20 km away. “See her conduct, she leaves him on a stretcher and gets herself admitted in the ICU. Hours later, a false medico-legal certificate was prepared. For five hours, neither she nor her family informed the police,” counsel argued, adding that her conduct pointed to mala-fide intent and potential tampering.

Reading from a September 15 Magistrate’s order, counsel highlighted: “Investigation is at a nascent stage. There is prima facie enough material on record to show involvement of the accused.”

During the hearing, the Court directed the IO to explain why the case diary was not paginated. The Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) said he had not yet been briefed by the IO and sought more time.

The Bench recorded that part arguments had been heard from the defence, complainant, and IO, and listed the bail plea for further hearing on September 20 at 12 pm.

The 38-year-old, Gaganpreet Kaur rammed here BMW into a motorcycle near Dhaula Kuan in Delhi. As a result, the person driving the two-wheeler, a Finance Ministry official, Navjot Singh, was declared dead while his wife, Sandeep Kaur has sustained multiple fractures and head injuries.

Singh and his wife were returning home from Bangla Sahib Gurdwara.

Allegedly, after the crash, the woman driver and her husband, who was also in the car, transported the injured couple not to the nearest facility but to Nuelife Hospital in GTB Nagar, about 20 km away.

The deceased's wife has alleged in her FIR that the accused woman deliberately avoided taking her injured husband to the nearest hospital despite her repeated requests.

As per the police, the collision occurred around midday, when they received multiple calls about a traffic jam. At the accident spot the officers found the BMW lying on its side and the motorcycle near the divider. The police is further hinting at a possibility of tampering with the medical reports of the accused woman who was also treated at the same hospital. As per the FIR, Gaganpreet Kaur has been booked on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, obstruction of evidence, rash driving and endangering lives under sections 281, 125B, 105, and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Hearing Date: September 17, 2025

Bench: Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Ankit Garg

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