Vidyavihar crash: HC seeks reply on plea to cancel bail of minor driver’s father
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea by the widow of Dhrumil Patel, who was killed in the February 5 Vidyavihar crash, seeking cancellation of bail granted to the minor driver’s father, and asked the accused and the State to file responses. Dhrumil Patel was killed and his wife, Minal, was injured in the accident. The petition by Minal Patel challenges the March 4 sessions court order that granted bail to the father of a 17-year-old boy accused of driving the car involved in the fatal accident. The High Court has sought replies from the respondents, initiating proceedings on whether the bail granted to the father warrants interference. The accident took place near Somaiya College in Vidyavihar, where a car allegedly driven by the minor rammed into a scooter carrying Dhrumil Patel, 33, and his wife. Both were seriously injured, and Dhrumil later succumbed to his injuries. An FIR registered at Tilak Nagar police station named both the minor driver and his father, the car owner, as accused. A magistrate …
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