'Law Common For All': SC Refuses Bail To Father Of Minor Passenger In Pune Porsche Accident

Supreme Court while rejecting the bail plea said that law is common to everyone and the court cannot make a distinction for anyone.

On May 19, two IT professionals were killed in Kalyani Nagar area of Pune after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche car allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy in an inebriated condition.

Source : ANI

The Supreme Court on Monday while holding that law is common for all, denied anticipatory bail to Arunkumar Devnath Singh, father of a minor co-accused who was sitting next to the main accused in the accident in which a speeding Porsche car on May 19, 2024, killed two youth riding on a bike in Pune's Kalyani Nagar.

A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah today upheld the Bombay High Court order which dismissed Singh's anticipatory bail application.

The counsel appearing for Singh submitted before the court that since he is facing a media trial, there is prejudice against him.

However, Justice Amanullah stated that the court does not go by the prejudice surrounding a case.

The bench further asked if the if the Singh was related to the driver. However, the counsel informed that Singh is father of the friend who was sitting at back, who had nothing to do with the alleged accident and his client's child was only partying with the main accused driving the car. 

The court dismissed the plea saying that whatever is being argued is a matter of trial. 

Justice Amanullah said, "law is common to everyone. Can't make a distinction."

The Bombay High Court while rejecting the anticipatory bail to Arunkumar Singh had noted that he had bribed the doctors at the Sassoon Hospital in Pune just after the accident to get his son's blood samples changed with another co-accused. This he had allegedly done to ensure that the medical reports do not indicate the presence alcohol in his son's blood.

A similar act was allegedly committed by parents the minor driving the Porsche by allegedly replacing the blood sample of the said child with that of his mother to ensure alchohol is not traced his child's blood.

On May 19, two IT professionals were killed in Kalyani Nagar area of Pune after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche car allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy in an inebriated condition. The case caused a national uproar after then JJB member Danwade granted bail to the accused, son of a builder, on very lenient terms, including writing a 300-word essay on road safety.