Government of India recently repelled the colonial IPC and introduce Bharatiya Nyay sanhita at its place. The newly introduced law also deals with "Death Due to Negligence" which includes Road Accidents.
The IPC had provison of upto 2 years of jail term in case of Death caused by negligence.
whereas The Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita has provison of imprisonment of upto 10 years if the Driver fails to report the incident.
Transport unions and drivers claim that they now face a peculiar situation under the new law if any driver stays back after the accident he will be lynched by the public and if he runs away he faces a 10 year jail with a heavy penalty.
