Pune: The Juvenile Justice Board on Monday deferred till Nov 18 the hearing on Pune police 's application seeking the 17-year-old Porsche Taycan driver's trial as an adult in the May 19 crash case. Special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray and defence lawyer Vinit Shetty said the presiding officer informed them that the case papers were with the principal district and sessions judge. Hence, the hearing can begin only after the papers are returned to the juvenile board, they said.
Hiray said the presiding officer postponed the hearing after the prosecution and the defence gave their consent to list the matter after the Diwali vacation. After the Juvenile Justice Board proceedings, Hiray and assistant commissioner of police (crime-1) Ganesh Ingale said, "We do not know why the sessions judge had called for the case papers because the presiding officer has not shared information in this context with us. We cannot anticipate the possible reasons behind sending the case papers to the court because we had not filed any application there.
" Additional commissioner of police (crime) Shailesh Balkawade too said that he had no information on why the case papers were sent to the sessions court. The police's application to treat the minor as an adult and the other pleas filed by the teenager's lawyer to return the Porsche car and the cellphone would be heard on the next date of hearing, Ingale said. Two young software engineers were killed after the high-end car driven by the teenager, son .