India, Jan. 8 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Maharashtra government on the bail pleas filed by two of the accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche crash case after the Bombay high court refused to grant them relief last month.

Issuing notice to the state on separate petitions moved by the two accused, a bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, the court posted the matter for hearing on January 30. The petitions challenged the order of December 16 passed by the Bombay high court, which turned down the pleas filed by seven accused involved in the conspiracy to shield the main culprits - three juveniles who were in a Porsche car that crashed into a bike killing two persons on May 19, 2024.

While one of the ac...