Vidyavihar crash: HC seeks reply on plea to cancel bail of minor driver's father

The Bombay High Court issued notice on a plea by the widow of Dhrumil Patel seeking cancellation of the bail granted to the minor driver's father and asked the accused and the State to file responses, initiating proceedings on whether the bail warrants interference.

The sessions court granted bail to the father, holding that there was insufficient material to establish that he knew his son had taken the car. It noted the father was not present in the vehicle at the time and that custodial interrogation was not required at that stage.

A car allegedly driven by a 17-year-old rammed into a scooter carrying Dhrumil Patel and his wife near Somaiya College in Vidyavihar. Dhrumil Patel, 33, died from injuries sustained in the crash; an FIR at Tilak Nagar police station named both the minor driver and his father as accused.

The magistrate court had earlier denied bail to the father, citing prima facie evidence suggesting he knew the minor was driving the car.