Porsche car crash: Minor’s father gets bail in one case, but will remain in prison for other offences

A first information report (FIR) regarding the accident was lodged against the minor boy at the Yerwada police station on the same day.

Another FIR was lodged on May 20 against his father and six others including the owner, managers of two restaurants in Pune where liquor was allegedly served to the minor boy and his friends before the accident. They were booked under sections 77, 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children( Act, 2015 and sections 3, 5, 199A of the Motor Vehicle Act.

As per this FIR, the father had allegedly handed over the grey Porsche car to his minor son despite knowing that he had no driver’s training and did not have a driver’s license. Police also said that the minor’s father was aware that he was consuming alcohol.

The minor’s father and hotel personnel were arrested in this case, while the other accused were released on bail, while the minor’s father was subsequently arrested in other FIRs. But today, the father was also granted bail in this case, said his lawyer Prashant Patil. He also got anticipatory bail in an FIR lodged at the Chandan Nagar police station, lawyer said.

After the Porsche car crash incident, police had booked the minor’s father in six FIRs, of which three at Yerwada police station are linked to the accident, while other three cases at different police stations are related to financial disputes.

The father is currently lodged in Yerwada jail under judicial custody and he would not be released on bail due to the other pending cases against him, police said.

He was also arrested in the Porsche car accident case for allegedly playing a role in replacing the blood sample of his minor son.

A police investigation had revealed that when the minor boy was taken to the Sassoon hospital for medical examination after the accident, his blood sample was allegedly replaced with his mother’s blood.

Police arrested the minor’s father, mother, along with Dr Ajay Taware, the former head of the forensic department of Sassoon Hospital, Dr Shrihari Harnol, who was the casualty medical officer at the time, and a Class IV employee Atul Ghatkamble, for allegedly changing the minor’s blood sample by taking financial favours. The trio have since been placed under suspension and are currently in judicial custody.

The police had further arrested two “middlemen” Ashpak Basha Makandar of Dhanori and Amar Santosh Gaikwad of Yerawada in this case.

Police said Makandar took Rs 4 lakh from the minor’s father at a hotel in Kalyani Nagar and gave it to the Sassoon staffers for changing blood samples. Police said they have recovered Rs 2.5 lakh from Dr Halnor, Rs 50,000 from Ghatkamble. Police are trying to recover the remaining Rs 1 lakh.

Also, the minor’s father and grandfather, who too is under judicial custody at Yerwada jail, were arrested in the third FIR lodged by a driver employed by the family, who alleged that the duo kidnapped and forced him to take the blame for the May 19 accident.