‘Write an essay on the car crash and work with the traffic police’ — these are the conditions under which the Juvenile Justice Board granted bail to the teenager, who was driving a luxury car when it got involved in a fatal accident in Pune on Sunday (May 19). Two persons were killed when the speeding Porsche hit their motorcycle.
According to reports, the advocate of the accused said his bail has conditions aimed at rehabilitation and awareness. The board has asked the 17-year-old to work with the traffic police in Yerawada for 15 days, write an essay on the accident, get medical treatment to quit drinking, and undergo psychiatric counselling.
“The juvenile accused who was arrested by Pune Police has been granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board on certain conditions, including that the accused should work with the traffic police of Yerawada for 15 days, accused should write an essay on accident, should get treatment from the concerned doctor to help him quit drinking and should take psychiatric counselling and submit the report,” said his advocate Prashant Patil.
According to the police, the minor was detained after a case was registered against him. He was produced in a juvenile court, which granted him bail.
The police, however, said the teen’s father and the bar that served the boy alcohol will be booked in the case. Pune City police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the father and the bar, which served liquor to the juvenile/accused, are being proceeded against under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
As per Section 75 of the Act, a person with actual control or charge of a child can be punished if he assaults, abandons or neglects the child wilfully, and abuses him, causing mental or physical illness. Section 77 pertains to giving liquor or drugs to a child.
The accident took place around 3.15 am in Kalyani Nagar when a group of friends after a party at a restaurant in the area was returning home on their motorbikes. Near the Kalyani Nagar junction, a speeding luxury car hit one of the motorcycles following which its two riders fell from the vehicle and died on the spot, as per the FIR.
After knocking down the duo, the driver of the car crashed into the roadside pavement railings. A video surfaced on social media where a group of people are seen thrashing the boy as he tried to come out of the vehicle.
The FIR stated that the deceased have been identified as Anis Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa. A case was registered against the car driver at the Yerawada police station under various IPC sections, including 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 304A (causing death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide), 337 (causing hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or personal safety of others) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
(With PTI inputs)
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