Aviation spare firmowner's second bail plea rejected for blood sample swap Pune's Porsche crash case
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Pune: Additional sessions judge KP Kshirsagar rejected the second bail plea of an aviation spare parts company owner arrested in the Porsche Taycan car crash case on charges of manipulating the blood alcohol test of his minor son, who was accompanying the 17-year-old car driver at the time of the accident.
Pune police had arrested the accused on Aug 19, 2024. A supplementary chargesheet was filed against him and he is under judicial custody at the Yerawada Central Prison.
Kshirsagar said in his order on May 23, "Prima facie, there appears no material change either in the facts or law after the rejection of the first bail application of the applicant/accused. There appears no substance in the new grounds taken by the accused for bail.
There is no material on record to doubt the genuineness of the prosecution case. There appear no inherent infirmities or improbability in the prosecution case.
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"From the appreciation of the material on record, it appears that the allegations against the accused are very serious, involving hatching a conspiracy for causing the disappearance of evidence of the commission of an offence with the intention of screening the offender and forgery for the purpose of interfering and misleading the investigation of the crime and thwarting the criminal justice administration system," the judge said.
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He further said, "The accused and co-accused are alleged to have tampered with the evidence during the investigation stage itself and tried to mislead the investigation. There is reasonable belief that the accused may tamper with the prosecution evidence if left at liberty. Therefore, at this stage, there appears to be a necessity for further detention of the accused."
Special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray pleaded to reject the bail plea of the accused because there is prima facie evidence against him to show that he gave his blood sample instead of his son. It was clear that he, along with the co-accused, hatched a conspiracy and tried to interfere and thwart the investigation and criminal justice administration system.
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