More than two months after the fatal crash, police have filed charges in a Pune court against seven accused in connection with the Porsche crash case, including the parents of a young boy who was allegedly behind the wheel, an official said on Friday. .
The 900-page chargesheet filed in court on Thursday has excluded the 17-year-old boy, whose case is being handled separately by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), while the seven accused have been charged under relevant sections of the IPC. accusation.
In the early morning of May 19, a high-end car driven by a minor drunkenly allegedly hit two motorcycle IT professionals from Madhya Pradesh, one of whom was a woman, in the Kalyani Nagar area of Pune, resulting in their deaths. .
The boy's father, Vishal Agarwal, is a well-known builder.
“A 900-page chargesheet has been filed in a Pune court on Thursday against seven accused, including the parents of the minor, two doctors, a staff member of Sassoon General Hospital and two middlemen,” said Additional Commissioner of Police Shailesh Balkawade. crime).
The boy's parents and two doctors from the Sassoon General Hospital – Dr Ajay Taware and Dr Shrihari Halnor, then director of the forensic department – and Atul Ghatkamble, a staff member of the Maharashtra government-run medical facility, were accused of the exchange. The minor is pictured with his mother after the blood sample incident.
The teenager's blood sample was replaced with a sample of his mother's blood to evade testing for alcohol content.
The chargesheet shows that two other accused – Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad – acted as intermediaries between the boy's father and doctors to facilitate the exchange of blood samples financial transactions.
The lengthy police document contains testimonies from 50 witnesses.
Superintendent of Police Balkawad said the chargesheet contained a collision impact analysis report, technical evidence, forensic laboratory and DNA reports.
Police prepared an impact analysis report with the assistance of forensic experts. The purpose of the report is to correlate the impact of the Porsche car on the motorcycle involved in the accident and the injuries suffered by the IT professional who died.
Last month, police submitted a final report to the JJB detailing all the evidence against the 17-year-old boy in the crash case.
While the little boy's parents remain in jail, he was released from an observation home in Pune following a Bombay High Court order late last month.
As well as the main case related to the crash, police are also dealing with two other cases, one against the owner and staff of Cosie's Restaurant and Hotel Blak Club, where the teenager was allegedly drinking before the accident, and another against the teenager father, under Section 75 and Section 77 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.
Section 77 of the JJ Act deals with supplying intoxicating liquor or drugs to children and applies to the owners and managers of both establishments, while Section 75 of the JJ Act deals with punishment for child abuse. Section 75 applied to the boy's father because he endangered his life by giving the car to his son even though he knew the boy did not have a driving licence. Even though he knew his son was drinking, he allowed him to attend the party.
The second case is against the minor's father and grandfather, who allegedly kidnapped and imprisoned their family driver, then threatened and forced him to tell police he was behind the wheel when the accident occurred.
After the police obtained the blood report and found it to be manipulated, they added sections 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 120B (conspiracy to commit crime), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 213 (accepting gift) of IPC etc.), to screen offenders from punishment) and 214 (giving gifts or returning property for the purpose of screening offenders) for the original crime against a minor.
The original charge was registered under IPC sections 304 (manslaughter not amounting to murder), 304A (causing death by negligence), 279 (reckless driving) and relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.
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