NEW DELHI: Pune Police on Friday filed a 900-page chargesheet in a Proche car accident case in which the accused teen rammed his luxury four-wheeler into a bike, killing two techies around 2:30 am on May 19 in Kalyaninagar. The deceased, both IT professionals, were on a two-wheeler when they were hit by a Porsche, reportedly driven by a minor. Initially, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) granted bail to the teenager, the son of a real estate developer, shortly after the incident and instructed him to write a 300-word essay on road safety.
However, following intense criticism, the police approached the JJB again, resulting in a modified order that sent the accused juvenile to the observation home. In addition to the juvenile's parents and hospital staff, the police have also taken the juvenile's grandfather into custody in relation to the incident. Later, two more people were arrested for allegedly serving as intermediaries and assisting with financial transactions between the accused doctors and the juvenile's father.
Later on June 25, the teenager involved in the crash was released from observation home following the Bombay high court's order. In the order, the HC had said the continuation of the minor accused in the fatal case is "illegal", directing his release from the home. The HC directed authorities to release the minor, on bail with his custody not to be with any grandparent as directed by a magistrate on May 19 while granting him bail.
"We are bound by law, the aims and objectives of the Juvenile Justice (care and protection of children) Act and must treat him as any child in conflict with law (CCL), despite the seriousness or heinousness of the crime", said the two-Judge bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande, while releasing the minor on bail. Later, the state home department permitted Pune police to approach the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay high court's order. Additional commissioner of police (crime) Shailesh Balkawade had told TOI, "We had on June 26 submitted an application to the state govt stating that the high court order needed to be challenged on certain grounds.
The government on Saturday gave its approval to file a special leave petition (SLP) and we will soon file such a plea in the apex court.".
