India, March 10 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to the father of the minor accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche crash case, which killed two people, observing that the allegation that he sought to swap his son's blood sample to save him reflects the mindset of society, but it cannot be a ground to curtail his liberty.

A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that Vishal Agarwal has been in custody for 22 months. It granted him bail on the condition that he would cooperate with the trial and not influence the witnesses or tamper with evidence.

"In similar cases, this court has granted similar relief," the bench said, referring to its orders granting bail to two other co-accused named in the conspiracy to influenc...