India, March 5 -- The sessions court on Wednesday granted bail to Valaji Raja Bhushan, father of the minor accused in the February 5 SUV crash in Ghatkopar that killed businessman Dhrumil Patel and injured his wife Meenal. The court held that the available material does not prima facie establish that Bhushan knowingly allowed his son to drive the vehicle.

Allowing the bail application, additional sessions judge RM Jadhav noted that "indisputably, the applicant/accused was not present in the vehicle or driving the offending vehicle at the time of occurrence". The court recorded that it was the juvenile son who was allegedly behind the wheel of the vehicle involved in the crash and that the investigation against the father was substantiall...