Pune Porsche crash case: Bombay HC grants bail to juvenile, says 'child was also in trauma...'

On May 19, two IT professionals were killed in Pune's Kalyani Nagar after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche car

The Bombay High Court on June 25 granted bail to the juvenile accused in the Pune car accident case in which two software professionals were killed in the city last month.

The juvenile, who was in observation home following an outrage over his bail, will now be released after the court order and will be under the care of his aunt as his parents and grandfather have also been arrested for an attempted cover-up.

The CCL (Child in Conflict with Law) shall be in the care and custody of the petitioner (paternal aunt), the court said, adding that he was also in trauma over the entire case.

On May 19, two IT professionals were killed in Pune's Kalyani Nagar after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche car allegedly driven by the juvenile in an inebriated condition.

The case sparked a massive uproar across the country after the Juvenile Justice Board member L N Danwade granted bail to the accused on very moderate terms -- which included writing a 300-word essay on road safety.

After he was given bail, police approached the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) for a review of the decision amid national outrage. The JJB modified its order and sent the juvenile to an observation home.

The court said amid the "immediate reaction to the accident, the kneejerk reaction and the public outcry, the CCL's age was not considered."

"The CCL is under 18 years old. His age needs to be considered," the bench said, according to a report by PTI.

(With agency inputs)