to start off...
your friend is "sort"of lucky in such way that the guy he knocked over doesnt have family.
ok.. so.. this is going to happen.
1. police will file a case against your friend on the accident.
2. His Driving licence will be revoked for a time being and remanded for a minimum of 14 days.
3. If the "uncle" regains his consciousness, your friend's lawyer can file a motion and get him out of the remand prison before the 14 days.
4. If the guy is still unconscious, he will be further remanded for a period of 14 - 30 days depending on the "mood" of the benching judge
5. IF the man wakes up... refer to clause 3.
6. If he doesnt wake up and die ... your friend's case will be taken up again at the end of the said (clause 4) remand period and will take the form of "reckless driving and murder" ... which goes without saying is an absolute fuckton of BAD !
7. IF theres no objection from the deceased party, your friend will most probably will receive a stint in REAL JAIL for about a month with probation for about 6 to 1 year depending on how good your friend's lawyer is to talk that over.
8. IF there's objection from the deceased party... same will happen but the duration will be a bit longer with yet again a longer probation period.
9. HOWEVER, your friend can contest the case (refer clause 6) sighting things such as may be the deceased party was drunk (if he was) ... or that he was jaywalking in a place where he shouldnt have (yes... theres that option as well) .. or that it was an unavoidable accident that define the very word "accident".. Depending on how good your friends lawyer is on this moment, will either can get your friend out of the jail and back home or make the decision pretty fucking worse.
10. Either way..., depending on the severity of the accident.. your friends Driving license will be with-held for a judge decided time frame. It could be from 6 moths to 1 year or to life. Also, this ban time starts effect from the date of your friend's release from either the remand prison or the Jail.
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1. Remand jail is not a bad place to be. Its full of normal people who mostly had accidents or mistake or people who were at the wrong place and the wrong time. So chill. .. Being remanded doesnt affect your friend's professional carrier (if hes a state servant) or in things like applying for VISA or residency from other countries.
2. Going to Jail could be either a blessing or a curse depending on how your friend get on with it during his time inside. It can be a place to make great friends, re-calibrate your view of life OR be someone's dick sucking bitch and a drug addict. ..... SO it depends on how he carry him self if hes unfortunate enough to be imprisoned.
But then again.. it gives your some MAD fucking bragging rights and some cool ass ideas for Tattoos like his prison number and so on