The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed an order by the Gujarat High Court that had stayed a magistrate court’s decision to grant bail to Milap Shah, father of the accused who killed a security guard on September 14.

The Gujarat High Court allowed the quashing petition filed by Shah. The incident took place on September 14, 2024, in the Bopal area of Ahmedabad when the minor driver recklessly drove his Mercedes car and killed an innocent security guard. A complaint was also registered against the 17-year-old driver and his father, Shah, at the Bopal police station.

In this case, the in-charge magistrate granted bail to the accused father, Shah. Discontented by this decision, the deceased’s brother filed a writ petition in the high court, which stayed the bail order granted to Shah. Subsequently, Shah appealed to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has now allowed the hearing of Shah’s quashing petition on merits.

A 32-year-old security guard, Govind Singh, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Ahmedabad’s Bopal on the night of September 14 by a builder’s minor son.

The minor, pursuing a BBA in a private university in Rancharda, was granted bail to appear for his exam till September 24.

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