Lamborghini crash: Court flags ‘serious procedural lapses’ by police; why Shivam Mishra was granted bail

The crash on Sunday, in which the speeding Lamborghini allegedly driven by Shivam rammed into six people, has triggered public outrage

• Shivam Mishra granted bail after Kanpur Lamborghini crash due to police lapses
• Court cited violation of Supreme Court guidelines in arrest procedure
• Mishra's bail set at Rs 20,000; police remand plea rejected over discrepancies

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Just hours after his arrest in connection with the high-profile Lamborghini crash in Kanpur on Thursday, Shivam Mishra, son of tobacco tycoon KK Mishra, was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 20,000.

Mishra was produced before the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate after his arrest, seeking 14 days’ judicial custody. Police had sought custody for further interrogation, but the court questioned the need for remand.

“There were serious procedural lapses by the police. The arrest was carried out without proper notice under the BNSS (Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita) and violated Supreme Court guidelines set in the Arnesh Kumar case,” the additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) said.

The Supreme Court’s 2014 judgment in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar -- known as the Arnesh Kumar Guidelines -- established that arrests must be treated as an exception in cases carrying a punishment of under seven years.

Anant Sharma, a counsel for the accused, said the police had moved an application before the court seeking Mishra's remand but claimed the remand papers had several discrepancies. He also claimed that the documents did not mention details about serving of notice, following which the court rejected the remand plea and ordered the accused's release on bail.

In the Kanpur Lamborghini accident case, a local court granted bail to accused Shivam Kumar Mishra on a Rs 20,000 bond, citing serious procedural lapses by police. The court said arrest was made without proper notice under BNSS and violated Supreme Court guidelines in Arnesh… pic.twitter.com/U4P5pTNG39

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Kanpur Lamborghini crash case

The crash on Sunday, in which the speeding Lamborghini allegedly driven by Shivam rammed into six people, has triggered public outrage and intense scrutiny of the investigation.

His father had earlier claimed that his son was not driving the car and accused the police of framing him. However, the police maintained that the investigation established that Shivam was behind the wheel at the time of the accident.

On Thursday, police arrested Shivam from an undisclosed location in Kanpur. A senior officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, told PTI that the accused was trying to evade arrest and had been moving in an ambulance to avoid detection.

In a related development, a man identified as Mohanlal appeared before a court on Wednesday seeking to surrender, claiming that he was driving the car at the time of the accident and not Mishra. The court rejected his plea after the police report did not name him as an accused.