Kanpur: A Kanpur court on Thursday granted bail to Shivam Mishra, son of Kanpur tobacco tycoon KK Mishra, who had been arrested earlier in the day. Mishra was accused of crashing his Lamborghini Revuelto, priced at Rs 10 crore, into pedestrians and other vehicles before stopping it after mounting a divider.
"The court has refused to grant remand. He (Shivam Mishra) is now being released on an undertaking of 20,000 rupees and a personal bond of 20,000 rupees. The police were working under government pressure... The police had arrested him (Shivam Mishra) in the wrong manner," Mishra's lawyer Naresh Chandra Tripathi said speaking to the media.
The court rejected the police’s application for judicial remand of the accused. During the hearing, Shivam appeared in court and argued his own case, while the judge questioned aspects of the police probe and the notices served.
The court directed him to fully cooperate with the police investigation and provide the necessary documents, noting procedural concerns. Police maintained that Mishra was driving the luxury car when it rammed into pedestrians and vehicles on VIP Road. They had sought his 14-day remand, stating that he had been evading investigators and was not cooperating with the probe.
The accident took place at around 3 pm on Sunday, when the speeding luxury car lost control and struck people and vehicles before coming to a halt on a divider. An FIR was registered in the matter by the injured e-rickshaw driver, Mohd Taufeeq.
Earlier, on Wednesday, a man named Mohan claimed he had been behind the wheel and alleged that Shivam had suffered a seizure.
However, police reports did not list Mohan as an accused, and the court declined to accept his surrender.
