Archive · 31 Jan 2026
Two Real Estate Employees Get Bail in Noida Techie Death Case
Two employees of a real estate company, Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karanwal, were granted bail by a local court in Noida.
They were accused in the case of a 27-year-old software engineer, Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned after his car fell into a waterlogged pit near a construction site.
The incident happened on the night of January 16-17 and caused public outrage.
The court released the accused on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 each and imposed conditions for their cooperation with the investigation.
The case involves charges of negligence and environmental violations, and a special investigation team is also probing the matter.
Two employees of Lotus Greens Construction Private Limited, Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karanwal, were granted bail in the case of a 27-year-old software engineer's death in Noida.
The incident occurred when Yuvraj Mehta's car fell into a waterlogged pit near a construction site on January 16-17.
The court released the accused on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 each and imposed conditions for their cooperation with the investigation.
Charges include culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing death by negligence, and environmental violations.
A special investigation team constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government is also probing the matter.
- Who
- Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karanwal, employees of Lotus Greens Construction Private Limited
- What
- Granted bail in connection with the death of a 27-year-old software engineer, Yuvraj Mehta
- When
- January 16-17 (incident), January 2023 (bail granted)
- Where
- Sector 150, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- The court granted bail as the offence invoked in the case is bailable, and the accused maintained they have been falsely implicated
- Victim
- Yuvraj Mehta, 27-year-old software engineer
- Accused
- Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karanwal, employees of Lotus Greens Construction Private Limited
- Bail Amount
- Rs 25,000 each
- Incident Date
- January 16-17
- Location
- Sector 150, Noida
- Charges
- Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing death by negligence, environmental violations
- Investigation Team
- Special investigation team constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government