Mohali, Oct. 29 -- A local court convicted Sanjeev Kumar, a Chandigarh resident, for causing the death of a 14-year-old girl and seriously injuring her father in a road accident in December 2019, holding that the prosecution had established his identity as the driver and proved that he drove negligently.

Chief judicial magistrate Ravneet Singh held Kumar guilty under Sections 279, 304-A, 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court, however, did not find the charge of causing mischief under Section 427 IPC proved. The supplied judgment does not record the sentence, and the court directed that the convict be taken into custody and heard on the quantum of sentence.

The case dates back to the night of December 11, 2019, when Gagan...