Pune police are planning to move the case to the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order to release the 17-year-old boy allegedly charged for the Pune Porsche car accident here in May.
On June 25, the High Court ordered that the minor should be released as soon as possible, claiming that the Juvenile Justice Board’s orders remanding him to an observation home were illegitimate and that the law related to juveniles must be fully implemented.
The minor, who was freed on bail a few hours after the incident on May 19, was sent to the observation home in Maharashtra’s Pune city three days later following an outcry.
After the High Court order, the minor was liberated from the observation home, and his custody was transferred to his paternal aunt.
The boy’s aunt filed a plea on his behalf, claiming that his arrest was unlawful.
The Pune police are deciding to move the case to the Supreme Court, challenging the order of the Bombay High Court. Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar informed media on Monday.
According to the police, the minor had consumed alcohol and was driving the expensive car owned by his father, a real estate businessman, when it crashed into a two-wheeler in the Kalyani Nagar region of Pune on May 19, killing two IT professionals.
The juvenile’s parents and grandfather are currently arrested in two distinct cases regarding the incident, involving one alleged change of blood samples of the minor and another case of alleged kidnapping and wrongful constraints of a family driver, who was blackmailed to take the blame that he was driving the car when the accident happened.
A Pune court is expected to announce its order today on the bail plea of the minor’s father and grandfather in the case of the alleged kidnapping of the driver.
After the accident, the boy was given bail the same day and directed to be under the special care and supervision of his parents and grandfather. They also asked the boy to write a 300-word essay on road safety.
This quick bail without taking any strict action had led to public outrage. The police filed an application before the JJB, requesting changes in the bail order.
On May 22, the board instructed the boy to be taken into custody and remanded him to the observation home.
