India, July 13 -- A Delhi court has upheld the two-year prison sentence awarded to a man in a 2016 hit-and-run case in Connaught Place here.

Additional Sessions Judge Shefali Barnala Tandon was hearing the appeal of Rohit Kumar, who had been convicted by a magistrate in February 2025 under IPC sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence).

According to the prosecution, the case dates back to July 7, 2016, when Kumar's car hit another car at the Connaught Place's outer circle and rammed into a pedestrian, Kundan, who later succumbed of head injuries.

The prosecution said Kumar had fled the scene immediately after the accident. In an order dated July 1, the court said, "The subsequent conduct of a driver plays an imp...