Pune Porsche Accident: Minor's Father, Two Others Sent To Police Custody Till May 24

The minor accused's father has been sent to police custody till May 24.

The minor accused's father has been sent to police custody till May 24. ( Image Source :PTI )

A court has remanded the three accused in the Pune hit-and-run case into custody till May 24.

The Porsche car, allegedly driven by the 17-year-old, who was allegedly drunk at the time, fatally knocked down two motorbike-borne software engineers at Kalyani Nagar in Pune in the early hours of Sunday.        

Reacting to the order, Advocate Asim Saraode said, "On behalf of the intervener, we have argued against granting bail to the father of the accused. The court has rejected the basis on which he was asking for bail and granted him judicial custody till May 24. He tried to present an argument that he had sent a driver with his accused son. Then why was the driver not driving the car and the person with no licence was driving the car."

"I want to say with clarity that their association with gang members or their status as murderers has nothing to do with this case... The case is well discussed throughout the nation and the father is at fault as he failed to protect his minor son... There is absence of proper provisions to be mentioned in the FIR. Why has the police registered an offence and filed two FIRs is the question and it can be taken to the high court also," he added.

Earlier today, Maharashtra Transport Commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar said the minor, who was involved in the Pune accident, will be barred from getting a driving licence till he turns 25.

State transport officials have also said that permanent registration of the Porsche Taycan had been pending since March since the owner did not pay a fee of Rs 1,758.

The Incident So Far

The teenager, son of a real estate developer, was subsequently produced before the Juvenile Justice Board which granted him bail hours later. After we approached the board with the revision petition, it has issued a notice to the juvenile to appear before it, Additional Commissioner of Police Manoj Patil said.  

The Pune police had approached a sessions court challenging the bail order and seeking permission to allow them to treat the body as an adult saying the crime committed was heinous.

However, the court asked the police to approach the Juvenile Justice Board with a petition to review the order.  

On the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, the accused juvenile along with his friends went to the two establishments between 9.30 pm and 1 am and allegedly consumed liquor, police had said.