Pune Car Accident: Minor Admits Drinking Habit To JJB In Fatal Porsche Accident Case
Pune Car Accident: Minor Admits Drinking Habit To JJB In Fatal Porsche Accident Case
In the wake of the fatal Porsche accident in Pune, a second FIR has been filed by the police, implicating the owners, a manager, and a bartender of two pubs visited by the teenager involved, along with his father. Authorities allege that the father was aware of his son’s lack of a valid driving license, permitted him to party, and knew he consumed alcohol. The initial FIR also accuses the father of allowing his underage son to drive.
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The father, a builder, did not visit the Yerawada police station where his son was held, nor the Pune crime branch office handling the investigation. The teenager was driving an electric Porsche, valued between Rs 1.61 crore and Rs 2.44 crore in India, at the time of the crash that killed Aneesh Awadhia and Ashwini Koshta, both 24 and from Jabalpur, MP.
Released on bail by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Sunday, the teen must comply with several conditions. The JJB rejected the police’s request to try him as an adult and did not set a deadline for reporting to the RTO. Instead, he is required to study traffic rules, write a 300-word essay on “effects of road accidents and their solution,” assist RTO officers for 15 days, attend deaddiction counseling, and consult both a psychologist and a psychiatrist.
Despite this, the police are advocating for stricter legal measures. Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar announced that they have petitioned the sessions court to upgrade the charge from IPC section 304-A (causing death by rash and negligent driving) to section 304 (culpable homicide), which carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years. IPC sections 337 and 338, related to causing hurt by endangering life or personal safety, each carry a maximum punishment of two years.
Senior lawyer Balasaheb Khopade pointed out that under the new provisions of the Central Motor Vehicles Act, the minor’s parents can be prosecuted as abettors. The JJB has the authority to permit the police to try the boy as an adult.
