2024-05-21 04:37 PM IST
Two individuals, including a young woman, lost their lives after a luxury car collided with their motorcycle near Kalyani Nagar in Pune in the early hours of May 19. The deceased have been identified as Anis Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa. The driver of the car, who is a minor, was apprehended. But, he was later granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board with several conditions aimed at rehabilitation and awareness. According to the Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar, the father of the minor accused has been detained from the Sambhajinagar area of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra on May 21. He further informed that the Pune Police are seeking permission to try the juvenile accused in the Pune rash driving case, which killed two people, as an adult under sections of the Juvenile Justice Act. “Police have taken yesterday`s incident seriously. We have taken action under section 304 of IPC, which is a non-bailable section as it was a heinous crime...A drunk car driver was rashly driving on a narrow lane,” the Pune Commissioner of Police told ANI. The police have charged the minor with rash and negligent driving and causing harm by endangering life or personal safety under IPC sections 304A, 279, 337, 338, and 427, along with relevant sections of the Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Act, added the DCP. The juvenile’s father and the bar that served him liquor face charges under Sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act, said the city police in Pune.
