Pune Porsche Accident Case: Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Minor Accused, Orders Custody to Relatives

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday, June 25, granted bail to the minor accused in the Pune Porsche crash case. The court also directed that the juvenile will be handed over to the custody of his relatives, with specific conditions attached to the bail. 

The High Court said that the teen accused will be released from the observation home and custody will be given to his aunt as she had filed a writ petition in the court.

Pune Porsche car crash: Bombay HC orders juvenile accused to be released from observation home

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The accused teen is currently lodged in an observation home. The court has declared the impugned remand orders illegal and set them aside.

Two Techies, who were travelling on a bike, were killed on May 19 in Kalyani Nagar in Pune after a Porsche car driven by the 17-year-old allegedly hit them. The teen accused was granted bail on the same day of arrest by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), which ordered that he be kept under the care and supervision of his parents and grandfather. He was also asked to write a 300-word essay on road safety.  Later, after much public outrage, his bail was cancelled and and he was sent to an observation home.

Pune district court on Friday (June 21) also granted bail to Vishal Agarwal, the father of the teenager accused in the case. Agarwal was granted bail in the primary case where he was booked under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The advocate of the Agarwal, Prashant Patil said that his client will continue to cooperate with the probe.