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The Delhi Court, on Thursday, granted bail to the passerby SUV Driver who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the drowning of three UPSC aspirants in a coaching center basement.

District Judge Rajesh Kumar Goel was notified by the police that they had decided to drop the harsher charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. 

The SUV Driver along with the owners of the basement were arrested by the Police following protest from the students. The students had approached the High Court demanding the establishment of a high-level committee to investigate such deaths.

The police informed the court that they would re-evaluate the matter once the report from an expert team from IIT-Delhi becomes available. The police further informed the court that, as of now, the only charge against the SUV driver was that of rash driving section 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). 

On Wednesday, the SUV driver had approached the Tis Hazari Court seeking bail, which was denied. Judicial Magistrate Vinod Kumar denied bail on the grounds that the allegations against the SUV driver were serious. The court had observed that CCTV footage showed him driving the vehicle on an already waterlogged road at high speed, causing a large displacement of water. 

However, on the same day, the Delhi High Court Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela reprimanded the government authorities over their inefficiency in maintaining the infrastructure of the state. The court questioned the actions of the police officials, seeking the rationale behind arresting the passerby driver.