In a significant development related to Pune’s Porsche crash, the Bombay High Court gave bail to the accused teen on Tuesday.
The court called for the release of the teen from observation home and granted custody to his paternal aunt.
Moreover, it has also directed, that the counseling sessions of the teen with psychologist should continue.
Earlier, Teen’s paternal aunt had filed a petition to High court, alleging that the teen has unlawfully been detained.
While granting the bail, high court questioned the actions of police regarding teen’s detention into observation home, following the bail.
The court observed, police has not demanded higher court’s intervention to revoke bail given by Juvenile Justice Board (JJB).
Rather, the police itself registered the application to modify bail order, thus resulting in teen’s detention into observation home and getting minor’s custody.
Later, the court also expressed its concern over alleged flouting of procedure. Saying ‘What type of remand is this? What is the power to remand? What kind of procedure is this where a person has been granted bail and then a remand is passed taking him in custody?’
In addition, they also emphasized, that despite being given bail, the teen was allegedly confined to observation home and questioned police, that from where they get their power?
Meanwhile, In the previous week, a Pune’s sessions court gave bail to teen’s father, who is accused of multiple crimes.
However, he is still in jail, as he is accused of other charges like manipulating blood samples for alochol tests, forcing family driver to take the blame of the incident etc.
The court, has also given bail to 5 more individuals, including the owner and managers of two bars, who were accused of giving alcohol to their underage customers.
On May 19, 2024, a 17-year-old intoxicated teen was driving a speeding Porsche car in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar.
As a result, it caused the deaths of two IT professionals named Anis Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa, whose motorcycle was hit by Porsche car on sunday morning.
Later, the minor was granted bail and was asked to write a 300-word essay on road safety by JJB member L. N. Danwade. Thus, triggering public outrage.
