Reckless Driving Resulting in Death and Court Jurisdiction
Article 5. The Prosecutor has filed charges against Mr. Din, the defendant, before the Nonthaburi District Court for reckless driving, causing harm to Mr. Fa, resulting in severe injury as per the Criminal Code, which is a case falling under the jurisdiction of the District Court. During the consideration of the case by the court, Mr. Fa died. This resulted from the reckless driving of Mr. Din, with Mr. Din being charged with reckless driving causing harm to another person, which is a case exceeding the jurisdiction of the Nonthaburi District Court. Consequently, the Police Investigator was instructed to file charges and under Section 291 of the Criminal Code, to further investigate Mr. Din in connection with the aforementioned charges. Upon the Police Investigator submitting the additional investigation results, the Prosecutor will proceed in the following manner: The Prosecutor should file a petition pursuant to Section 163 of the Criminal Procedure Code, resulting in death as per Section 291 of the Criminal Code. Once the Nonthaburi District Court issues an order authorizing the case, the case will exceed the jurisdiction of the Nonthaburi District Court, and the Nonthaburi District Court will dismiss the case from the court records. The Prosecutor will then take the case to the Nonthaburi Provincial Court, on charges of reckless driving causing death under Section 291 of the Criminal Code, for further consideration and judgment. Under the Criminal Code.