India, Dec. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Friday turned down the bail plea of July 2024 Mumbai BMW hit-and-run accused Mihir Shah, 24, saying "such boys" need to be taught a lesson.

"Parents are responsible. We have not been able to train our wards," said a bench of justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih, as it heard Shah's appeal challenging the November 21 Bombay high court order denying him bail.

The bench noted that Shah belongs to a wealthy family and his businessman father, Rajesh Shah, is a former leader of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. "What does he do? He comes home late at night in a Mercedes, parks it in the shed, takes the BMW, crashes it, and goes absconding. In this case, let him be inside," the bench said.

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