Driver of a Porsche Taycan: Juvenile Justice Board extends pre-trial detention of teenager until June 25 due to threat to his life | Pune News

Pune: The prosecution told the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Wednesday that the remand of the 17-year-old Porsche Taycan driver in an observation house had to be extended as there was “threat to his life outside” and there was also no one to take care of him since his parents and grandfather were in police custody. Special Assistant Public Prosecutor Monali Kale also told JJB Principal Magistrate Akshi Jain that the police were yet to receive the final de-addiction and psychological assessment reports of the teenager. Additionally, the minor's identity became public after videos of the events following the May 19 accident went viral on social media, Kale said. The teenager's parents were remanded in police custody until June 20 for helping to manipulate his blood alcohol report while his grandfather was incarcerated at Yerawada Central Prison in connection with his judicial custody in the case of kidnapping the driver from their family in order to force him to take responsibility for the accident, Kale said. The police are continuing their investigation into the car accident, the prosecutor added. The 17-year-old was first sent to an observation house on May 22. His detention was extended from June 5 to 12. Investigating officer ACP Sunil Tambe filed a fresh plea with the prosecutor seeking a 14-day extension of the remand. Lawyer Prashant Patil, appearing for the teenager, however cited Section 12 (bail of person who is apparently a child alleged to be in conflict with law) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and protection of children) to assert that the detention of the child in conflict with the law had become illegal and that he should be released on bail. Patil also said that the minor cooperated with the investigator during his custodial interrogation. He pleaded with the court not to extend his detention as the minor wanted to pursue higher studies by seeking admission in a college after passing his Standard XII board examination. The lawyer cited a Supreme Court verdict in the Shilpa Mittal v State of NCT of Delhi case and said Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code cannot be treated as a heinous crime under the JJ Act. After hearing both sides, the senior magistrate extended the teenager's detention in the observation house until June 25. On May 19 at 2:30 am, the 17-year-old allegedly rammed a Porsche with a motorcycle in Kalyaninagar, killing two software engineers.