The Mumbai police found themselves in a challenging situation on Monday with the application of a provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in a BMW-hit-and-run incident, one of the first high-profile cases under the newly-introduced law that replaced the British-era Indian Penal Code. Early Sunday morning, a woman was killed and her husband injured in Worli when their two-wheeler was hit from the rear by a BMW allegedly driven by Mihir Shah, the son of Palghar Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah.
