Porsche car crash: Cops plan to move SC against release of juvenile accused

Pune: Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar has confirmed that the Pune police are planning to approach the Supreme Court against the order of Bombay High Court over the release of a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in the Porsche car accident.

The HC on June 25 directed that the boy be released immediately, saying the Juvenile Justice Board's (JJB) orders remanding him to an observation home were illegal and the law regarding juveniles must be implemented fully.

The accused teenager got bail hours after the accident on May 19, was sent to the observation home in Maharashtra's Pune city three days later following an outcry.

After the HC order last week, the juvenile was released from the observation home and his custody was handed over to his paternal aunt.

The order was passed on a petition filed by the boy's aunt, who claimed he was illegally detained.

As per the police, the teen was drunk during the time of the incident and while driving the luxury car which belonged to his father it hit a two-wheeler in Kalyani Nagar area of Pune in the early hours of May 19, killing two IT professionals.

The juvenile's parents and grandfather are currently in jail in two different cases pertaining to the incident, including one of alleged swapping of blood samples of the boy and another case of alleged kidnapping and wrongful confinement of a family driver, who was threatened to take the blame that he was behind the wheels when the accident took place.

A Pune court is expected to pronounce its order on Monday on the bail plea of the boy's father and grandfather in the case of alleged kidnapping the driver. PTI