Panchkula, July 29 -- Pinjore Police on Tuesday registered a case against an unidentified motorcycle rider after a 46-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Shimla-Zirakpur highway near Apple Mandi in Pinjore on Monday night.

An FIR has been registered under Sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on the complaint of an eyewitness security guard.

According to the complainant, Parmod,42, a security guard posted at Gate 1 of Apple Mandi, heard the sound of a collision at around 8.15 pm on July 27. When he rushed to the spot, he found a motorcycle bearing registration number PB70M-6827 and an injured pedestrian lying on the roadside.

Using the victim's...