Pune: It is a matter of record that the parents of the teenage driver in the Porsche Taycan crash case used their financial power to influence other (bail) applicants to achieve their target of shielding the child in conflict with law and forging valuable security (blood sample), a special court said on Thursday. Special judge UM Mudholkar rejected the bail pleas filed by the 17-year-old's parents and four others, including two suspended doctors of Sassoon General Hospital — all accused of conspiracy and manipulating the underage driver's blood alcohol test by swapping his blood sample with that of his mother's. "The statements of several witnesses would be very crucial before the court.
If they are won over by the (bail) applicants by adopting the same modes which they adopted in the replacement of blood samples, then the present case may not reach its expected legal conclusion," the judge said. The judge referred to the 900-page chargesheet filed by police and said, "It clearly shows that even before the splashes of blood of the victims lying on the road could dry, the tampering with evidence commenced and even concluded to a larger extent with the help of monetary influence or otherwise at odd hours." "Granting bail would shake the conscience of society and would send a wrong message to society.
No case is made out to release the accused on bail," the judge said. Senior lawyer Harshad Nimbalkar, representing the minor driver's parents, told TOI, "We will move the Bombay .