Pune accident case: Accused teen's bail cancelled

Following an outcry over quick bail the Juvenile Justice Board JJB has remanded a 17yearold boy allegedly involved in a car accident in Kalyani Nagar area of the city that claimed two lives to an observation home till June 5 reported news agency PTIAlso a sessions court on Wednesday remanded his father a real estate developer in police custody till May 24Pune accident case Bail granted to the minor three days agoWhile the police said the JJB on Wednesday evening cancelled the bail granted to the minor three days ago his lawyer claimed there was no cancellation of bail There was no order yet on the polices application seeking permission to treat him as an adult accused reported PTIThe JJB on Sunday granted bail to the teeanger hours after the Porsche car allegedly driven by him knocked down a motorbike killing its two riders both IT professionals in their 20sIt also asked him to write a 300word essay on road accidents an order that drew an onslaught of criticismPune accident case Police approach JJB againPolice then approached the JJB again seeking a review of its orderAs per the operative order issued by the JJ Board it has sent the minor to the observation home till June 5 The order on our plea to allow police to treat him as an adult accused has not been received yet Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Wednesday reported PTIAdvocate Prashant Patil who represented the juvenile at the JJB hearing said the bail granted on Sunday has not been cancelled reported PTIIt is a modification of the earlier orderCancellation of bail means setting aside the earlier order and taking the person in custody Here it is not a custody It is a rehab home he told reportersPune accident case Rehabilitation homePolice told the threemember board that the teenager should stay at a rehabilitation home as there could be a threat to his life if he stayed outside Patil said adding that the defence opposed the polices plea reported PTIAccording to Patil the process of deciding whether a juvenile should be treated as an adult accused can take at least two months as reports of psychiatrists and counsellors among others are called for and then the JJB gives its decision reported PTIPolice have registered an FIR against the minor under IPC sections 304 culpable homicide not amounting to murder 304 A causing death by negligence 279 rash driving and relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles ActAs per the police he was drunk at the timePune accident case Minors father in police custodyThe sessions court earlier on Wednesday remanded Vishal Agarwal 50 the minors father and two employees of Hotel Blak Club Nitesh Shevani and Jayesh Gavkar in police custody till May 24 reported PTIAs per the police the teenager before the accident had allegedly consumed alcohol at the hotelThe police registered a case against his father under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act and against the owner and employees of two bars which the boy had visited before Sundays accident for serving alcohol to an underage person reported PTISection 75 deals with willful neglect of a child or exposing a child to mental or physical illnesses while section 77 deals with supplying a child with intoxicating liquor or drugs reported PTIPune accident case The real estate developer gave his son the carAccording to the FIR the real estate developer gave his son the car despite knowing that the boy did not have a driving license thus endangering his life and allowed him to party even while knowing that he drinks alcohol reported PTIMeanwhile activist Prince Singhal the founder of Community Against Drunken Driving CADD a nonprofit organisation in a statement on Wednesday said he has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take cognisance of the Pune accident case and direct for action against the guilty reported PTIThe activist said he has sought the ministers immediate intervention into the case which was wrong at so many levelsThe minor went to two night clubs and had alcohol and this was only possible because bars and pubs do not maintain mandatory age checks and serve to anyone who pays money These establishments are not penalised for this by the excise department he claimedThe minor was allowed to leave the bar premises in a drunken state and no one stopped him from driving in an inebriated condition Singhal further claimed reported PTIEven after the arrest alcohol test was not done immediately on the minor as should be done within the first two hours For the same the investigating officer should be held liable and arrested he added reported PTIWith inputs from PTI