India, March 7 -- The 17-year-old accused in the February 5 Ghatkopar SUV crash that killed businessman Dhrumil Premji Patel and injured his wife Meenal was granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board in Mumbai on Friday. The victim's family says they will challenge the order in the Bombay High Court.

The family had opposed the bail before the board through an intervention application filed by the complainant Mahesh Karamsi Patel, the deceased's uncle, through advocate Ruben Mascarenhas. The application urged the board to consider the gravity of the offence and circumstances of the crash before granting relief.

The crash occurred at around 11.15pm on February 5 near Somaiya College in Vidyavihar, when Patel and Meenal were riding a scoot...