Vishal Agarwal–the father of the 17-year-old juvenile allegedly involved in a car accident in which two motorbike-borne software engineers were killed in Maharashtra’s Pune city in the early hours of Sunday–gave his son the car despite knowing that the boy did not have a driving licence, thus endangering his life, police said in its First Information Report (FIR) report.
According to the FIR, Agarwal (50), who is a real estate developer, allowed his minor son to party even while knowing that he drinks alcohol.
The boy, before the accident, had allegedly consumed alcohol at the pub.
Seeking the custody of the accused’s father, the prosecution told a sessions court in Pune that the driver of the Porsche, who was with the juvenile at the time of the accident, had offered to drive, but the boy declined the offer.
The teenage boy’s father and employees of Black Club pub Nitesh Shevani and Jayesh Gavkar, were produced before additional sessions judge S P Ponkshe on Wednesday.
The prosecution demanded police custody of seven days for the father and the other two, stating that the police wanted to investigate why the father allowed his son to drive the car which did not have a number plate.
They also need to investigate why the man absconded after a case was registered against the son. He had in his possession a simple no-frills mobile phone when arrested, and “the police need to investigate where are his other phones,” said the public prosecutor.
Seeking police custody for Jayesh Gavkar, an employee at Hotel Black Club, the prosecution said they wanted to find out against whose membership the juvenile and his friends were given entry.
After hearing arguments, the judge remanded the three accused in police custody till May 24.
Meanwhile, police have registered a case against the teenager’s 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 Sunday’s accident for `serving alcohol to an underage person.’
Section 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.
The Accident
A group of friends were returning on motorbikes around 3.15 am on Sunday after a party when the speeding Porsche allegedly driven by the boy hit one of the motorcycles at Kalyani Nagar junction, killing two riders, a man and a woman, both 24 years old.
While the boy was initially bail, the father was arrested from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Following an outcry over quick bail to the minor, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Wednesday remanded the boy to the observation home till June 5.
“The Child-in-Conflict with Law (CCL) was immediately sent to the Nehru Udyog Kendra observation home, located at Yerawada, where he is staying with the other CCLs,” the official from the facility said.
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