Is it confinement to keep in custody after bail: HC in Pune Porsche case
The Bombay High Court on Friday queried if it amounted to confinement when the juvenile accused in the Pune Porsche case was granted bail but was taken back in custody and kept in an observation home.
A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande said there was no denying that the accident was unfortunate.
Two people have lost their lives. There was trauma but the child (juvenile) was also in trauma, the court said.
The bench also questioned the police under what provision of law, the order granting bail to the minor accused in the Porsche accident case was amended and how he has been kept in confinement.
In the early hours of May 19, the juvenile was allegedly driving a Porsche car at very high speed in an intoxicated state when the vehicle crashed into a bike, killing two software engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta in Pune's Kalyani Nagar.
The 17-year-old was granted bail the same day by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), which ordered that he be