The Supreme Court has upheld the two-year jail term for Sanjeev Nanda and ordered him to do community service for two years. The SC directed Nanda to pay Rs 50 lakh to the Centre which will be used to pay compensation to road accident victims.

Nanda ran over six people in his BMW in 1999 and then spend away after the accident. He was sentenced to five years in jail by a Delhi High Court; which was then lowered to two years instead.

The Delhi Police then asked the Supreme Court to impose a stricter punishment with a 10-year-sentence. Today, the SC agreed that Nanda should have been convicted under a tougher section of the law, but said he does not need to return to jail.

The judges, however, faulted Nanda for showing "no mercy" by not stopping to help the people he had injured. He has been asked to do two years of community service and to donate 50 lakhs which will be used to help victims of road accidents.