India, May 21 -- The Bombay High Court has granted 10-day interim bail to a man arrested in an assault case so he could help his twin daughters prepare for JEE (Advanced) 2026. The court noted that both daughters scored above the 99 percentile in JEE (Main) and required their father's guidance at a "crucial juncture of their academic careers."

A single-judge bench of Justice Sandesh Patil passed the order on May 14 while hearing the plea of Paras Shah, who has been in judicial custody since March 2026.

Shah had sought temporary bail for a month, stating that his daughters were preparing for engineering entrance examinations and submitted that "this is the time when the twin daughters will have to take a decision of their career and will...