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This is an archive article published on July 17, 2024
2 Juvenile Justice Board members face disciplinary action in Pune Porsche crash case
A committee set up by Maharashtra’s Women and Child Development Department has found lapses on the part of the JJB’s non-judicial members in the grant of bail to the minor accused.
The minor accused was initially granted bail by the JJB with a direction to write an essay on road accidents. Several arrests were later made in the case. (File)
Dr Prashant Narnaware, Commissioner of Maharashtra’s Women and Child Development Department, has recommended disciplinary action against two non-judicial members of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) for various procedural lapses in granting bail to the minor accused in the Pune Porsche car crash case.
“The report highlighting various irregularities has been submitted to the state government,” Dr Narnaware told The Indian Express.
It has been almost two months since the May 19 incident in which a minor boy allegedly collided a Porsche with a motorcycle at Pune’s Kalyani Nagar, leading to the deaths of two techies, Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta.
The minor accused was initially granted bail by the JJB with a direction to write an essay on road accidents. Several arrests were later made in the case.
After the JJB drew flak for allowing the 17-year-old accused to walk free without any stern punitive measures, the department appointed a five-member committee as it prima facie found that a JJB member had hurriedly granted bail to the minor boy.
Dr Narnaware said that based on the findings of the committee, a showcause notice had been issued to the two non-judicial members.
“We were not satisfied with their response. The committee has highlighted various discrepancies that include not maintaining a proper roster. Several procedural lapses have been noted and the members did not have a satisfactory explanation,” he said.
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The committee’s 100-page report highlighted several discrepancies including that the bail order initially passed by one JJB member was supported by the other two members. The committee said the other members need not have supported but could have overturned the bail order.
There were also several medical reports that were unclear, as per the committee’s findings. The minor accused was later sent to an observation home after the police moved the district court against the JJB’s bail order.
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