Sanjeev Nanda, convicted in the BMW hit-and-run case, today got a reprieve from the Supreme Court, which refused to enhance the quantum of punishment of two years already undergone by him.

The apex court also directed him to pay a compensation of RS 50 lakh to the Centre that will be used for road accident victims and to perform community service for two years.

Nanda had mowed down six people, including three policemen, with his BMW in 1999.

A Bench of Justices Deepak Verma and KS Radhakrishnan partially set aside the Delhi High Court's order convicting Nanda under lenient provision of 304 A of the Indian Penal Code for rash and negligent driving, but upheld the two year jail term that was awarded to him.

The apex court, however, convicted him under the stringent provision of 304 Part II pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which prescribes maximum punishment of 10 years.