September 2019, a black Sedan, with a presumption of road rage by the driver, reverses into the crowds on the street, injuring some, with no deaths reported. After this so-called fit of rage, he rushes away to not get caught. Usually, we would count this as a normal reaction by the criminal to run away from the scene of the crime. The Times of India article covering this freak incident explains the scenario briefly( https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-speeding-car-ploughs-through-crowd-injures-one-in-model-town/articleshow/70947682.cms ). The comment of a person on the article drew my attention, “The mob lynches mentality in India makes the culprit run away from the accident site. Probably the fear of lynching made the motorist speed away from the site.” This to me, seemed to be as a usual case of a hit and run, which is fueled by the element of road rage. It seemed normal(but not morally) for the culprit to run away from the scene of the crime to avoid arrest