Nedumbassery crash: Keralam court denies bail to all four accused

Suhail Sajeev being taken for evidence collection. (File photo)

The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Angamaly, on Saturday (October 17, 2026) rejected the bail applications of all four accused in the case related to the Nedumbassery car crash on October 11 that claimed three lives.

The Nedumbassery police had arrested Suhail Sajeev, 19, who allegedly drove the car under the influence of alcohol, and three co-passengers, Ninav, 19; Ameer, 20; and Joel, 20.

Both the prosecution and the defence completed their arguments, in what turned out to be a rather heated hearing, on Friday, following which Judge Samyuktha M.K. reserved the verdict for Saturday. The accused are likely to move the district court in appeal.

What the defence said

The defence had challenged the invocation of the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, arguing that it was merely a case of rash and negligent driving. The police, the defence alleged, had illegally paraded the accused before the media and rendered a fair and unbiased investigation impossible by reaching pre-determined conclusions. The decision to charge the other accused with abetment was also challenged.