Karsaz accident accused indicted for driving under influence of drugs

A judicial magistrate has indicted a female SUV driver on charges of driving under the influence of drugs. The woman had been booked by the Bahadurabad police on manslaughter charges after a speeding Toyota Land Cruiser driven by her hit three motorbikes and another vehicle on Karsaz Road last year.

The crash claimed the lives of 60-year-old Imran Arif and his 22-year-old daughter Amna, and injured several others. However, the accused was later acquitted in that case after the victims’ family pardoned her “without any blood money”.

She was booked in a separate case under Section 11 (drinking liable to tazir) of the Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order, 1979, after her medical report showed she was under the influence of crystal meth (methamphetamine). The Singh High Court had granted her bail in the drug case.

The judicial magistrate resumed the hearing of the case as the accused turned up on bail. He read out charges against the accused, who pleaded not guilty and vowed to contest the charges. The magistrate set September 13 as the next date of the hearing when he would start recording testimonies.