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The Court issued the order on two pleas challenging a Session Court order discharging IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman in a case of culpable homicide as a car he was driving rammed into journalist KM Basheer, killing him.
However, the High Court upheld the order of the Session Court discharging him under Section 184, 185 of Motor Vehicles Act and 3(1)(2) of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
The Kerala High Court on Friday stayed the order of a Sessions Court discharging IAS Officer, Sriram Venkitaraman of culpable homicide charge in a road accident case
A sessions court had dropped culpable homicide charge against IAS officer Sreeram Venkitaraman, an accused in the road accident case that resulted in the death of journalist K.M. Basheer in 2019.