Mumbai hit and run case: Accused Mihir Shah sent to judicial custody

A Mumbai Court on Tuesday sent Mihir Shah, the accused in the Mumbai hit and run case, to a 14-day judicial custody after his six-day police custody ended.

The main accused in the case was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Sewri court) S P Bhosale at the end of his remand on Tuesday.

Police sought extension of his custody saying the accused has not given information about the persons who harboured him while he was on the run. He has still not given information about the missing number plate, the police, represented by public prosecutors Ravindra Patil and Bharti Bhosle, submitted in the court.



The probe is underway and considering the gravity of the offence, the custody should be extended, the prosecution said. Advocates Ayush Pasbola and Shudir Bhardwaj, appearing for Shah, opposed the remand saying the police have recovered whatever they needed to seize from the accused.

The police have recorded the statements of 27 witnesses and enough time had been given to the investigators to find out who all the accused contacted while he absconded, the defence said. After hearing both sides, the court remanded the accused in judicial custody.

Shah allegedly crashed a BMW into a two wheeler and killed a 45-year-old woman on June 7. Her husband, who was riding, was also injured in the incident that took place on Dr Annie Besant road in Worli.


He was absconding for three days before he was arrested from a flat in Virar. The 24-year-old admitted to having been drunk at the time of the incident.

Shah’s father Rajesh Shah was arrested by Mumbai Police after the accident. Rajesh was removed from the post of deputy chief of Shiv Sena (UBT) following the incident.


Shah’s driver was also arrested and was sent to a 14-day judicial custody by a Mumbai Court. He was present in the car at the time of the incident.

Shah was arrested on July 10 and was sent to police custody until July 16.