jaipurmumbai charu khandal 33 the lead animator on shah rukh khans 2011 superhero film raone who battled spinal injury for four years and 10 months after the rickshaw she was travelling in was hit by a car in andheri passed away in jaipur on tuesday doctors said she suc full coverage p 6 cumbed to multiple infectionson march 24 2012 raone won the national award for best special effects the same evening charu who had joined shah rukhs company red chillies entertainment in november 2010 had a celebratory party and was returning with her sister ritu and ritus fiance in an autorickshaw when a speeding honda city rammed into it leaving her with serious spinal injuriescharu left mumbai in october 2014 after she was declared a quadriplegic to be with her parents and extended family in jaipur her father has a teaching job therethe alleged driver of the car manojkumar gautam 45 a businessman from lokhandwala andheri w is currently on trial after charges were framed against him in january 2015 gautam was charged under indian penal code sections 279 rash driving or riding on a public way 337 causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others 338 causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others and section 185 drunk driving of the motor vehicles act the maximum punishment under these charges is two years imprisonmentgautam was arrested and granted bail on march 25 2012 the matter has seen several adjournments over the years and the first witness is yet to be examinedcharus sister ritu said the family had stopped pursuing the case after they moved to jaipur charus sister ritu said the family had stopped pursuing the case after they moved to jaipur our entire family was engaged in taking care of her and that is the reason none of us took up the legal case seriously we will take it up now she saidsenior counsel amit desai said the move for enhancement of charges to section 304 a death caused by negligence will have to be made by the public prosecutor and statestating that it could be difficult to enhance the charges he said one of the fundamental requirements to bring in enhanced charges linking the incident to the death is a term in criminal law which means that your act is a direct and proximate cause of death since she has died after five years it is very unlikely to say that the incident of drunken driving led to her death even though the origin of her medical complications could be the incident one may not be able to bring charges of 304 a after five yearspawan khandal charus mother who learnt palliative care to ensure that her daughter did not face problems because of being bedridden for a long time said initially it was difficult for her to be in jaipur but she never gave up she took up online assignments of teaching hindi and marwari to nri children