A court in Ahmedabad on Monday convicted prime accused Vismay Shah in the BMW hit and run case, and sentenced him to five years in prison. The court also ordered Shah to pay a Rs 5 lakh compensation to the victims.


On February 24, Shah rammed in to a motorcycle near Lad Society. The two youths riding the bike - Shivam Dave, 25, and Rahul Patel, 21 - died. Shah managed to escape from the spot and surrendered before police a couple of days later as pressure mounted from all sides.


During the hearing, Vismay Shah submitted before the court that he was not involved in the accident and that he came to know about it through media reports.


Police had filed a chargesheet against him holding him accused under section 304 Part II of IPC, which has provision of imprisonment up to 10 years. He was also accused of rash driving on public way and driving dangerously under sections 177, 184 and 134(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act.