India, April 6 -- The Bombay High Court has upheld a session court's order of dropping of a culpable homicide charge against a teen driver in the 2020 Marine Drive crash that killed his friend who was his co-passenger, ruling that the incident was accidental and caused by negligence rather than "a criminal intent to cause fatal consequences".

A single-judge bench of Justice Shivkumar Dige on March 18 dismissed the revision plea filed by Rajesh Nagpal, the victim's father, challenging the 2024 session court order.

The court said there was no material to show that the accused had knowledge that his actions were likely to cause death. "The incident occurred suddenly and the accused also sustained serious injuries. The documents produced on...