India, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Maharashtra government's response to the bail plea of the father of the 17-year-old main accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche crash, which killed two people. Vishal Agarwal moved the top court after the Bombay high court refused him bail on December 16. He sought interim bail, pointing out that the top court had granted bail to other accused in this case.

A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said, "We will grant it to you finally." When the lawyer appearing for the state resisted, the bench observed, "The petitioner [father] was not driving the car, so why keep him inside."

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for Agarwal, submitted that his client has been accu...