Narayan Babu Kotiyan was acquitted in a hit-and-run case as the complainant, Cedric DeSilva, failed to identify him. DeSilva, an engineer at Okanagan Helicopter Ltd, reported the 1987 incident where a speeding car hit a jeep, killing Sherry Gonsalves. The court noted that the case was picked up as per the directions of the high court to clear pending cases.