Porsche crash case: Accused gets 3-day temporary bail after father's death on August 1
Bombay High Court
has granted three-day
temporary bail
to an accused in the Pune Porsche car crash case on account of his
father's death
.
Aditya Avinash Sood
was granted bail from August 2 to 5 by Justice Ashwin Bhobe on Friday.
The case dates back to May 19 last year when a speeding Porsche car, allegedly driven by an inberiated minor driver, ran over two motorcycle-borne IT professionals in Pune's
Kalyaninagar
area.
Aditya Sood was among the 10 arrested in connection with the swapping of blood samples to nullify alcohol tests of the
juvenile driver
.
As per police, Aditya Sood's blood samples were replaced with that of his father. Among those arrested are doctors and staff of Sassoon General Hospital in Pune who allegedly played an active role in the blood swapping process.
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Advocate Abid Mulani, representing Aditya Sood, on Friday moved a 'praecipe' before the court seeking interim bail for his client for three days so that he could attend the funerary rituals of his father.
Mulani told court Sood's father had suffered a heart attack on July 27 and died in a hospital on August 1.
Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray told court the prosecution has no objection if bail was granted to Sood.
The HC then granted bail to Sood on PR bond of Rs 25,000.
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