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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Porsche crash case: Police move court to try teen as adult
Pune:The Pune Police have filed an appeal before the sessions court against the Juvenile Justice Board's (JJB) July 15 order which rejected their plea to try the drunk 17-year-old Porsche Taycan driver as an adult in the May 19, 2024 accident that killed two young IT professionals in Kalyaninagar. The Pune Police have filed an appeal before the sessions court against the Juvenile Justice Board's (JJB) July 15 order which rejected their plea to try the drunk 17-year-old Porsche Taycan driver as an adult in the May 19, 2024 accident that killed two young IT professionals in Kalyaninagar. (HT) DCP (Crime) Nikhil Pingale confirmed that the Pune district collector, representing the state government, granted the police permission to move the appeal on July 31. 'We filed the application on August 4 after the district collector gave us permission for the same.' 'We have challenged the Juvenile Justice Board's order on the grounds that it is illegal and arbitrary. Given the gravity of the offence and the accused's age, 17 years and 8 months, a psychological evaluation was necessary to determine whether he should be tried as an adult,' Shishir Hiray, the government's lawyer said. The appeal, filed under Section 101 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, argues that JJB's order is 'illegal and arbitrary.' Advocate Sarthi Pansare, assisting Hiray, said the accident should be treated as an exceptional case, given the severity and surrounding circumstances. ' A psychological assessment was essential to determine whether he had the mental capacity of a minor or an adult at the time,' Pansare said. The appeal also highlights that the application of Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code (forgery involving tampering with blood samples, considered a form of valuable security) brings the possibility of life imprisonment. 'Even though Section 467 does not carry a minimum sentence, if a minor is convicted under this section, Section 233(2) of the JJ Act provides for a minimum of seven years' imprisonment if tried as an adult,' Pansare added. The case drew nationwide attention after JJB initially granted bail to the teen with lenient conditions, including writing a 300-word essay on road safety.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
Pune police move sessions court against Juvenile Justice Board's rejection of plea to try teenage driver in Porsche crash case as adult
Pune: The city police have filed an appeal before the sessions court against the Juvenile Justice Board's (JJB) order of July 15 this year, which rejected their plea to try the 17-year-old driver in the Porsche Taycan car crash case as an adult. The crash on May 19, 2024, had claimed the lives of two young IT professionals in the Kalyaninagar area. Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Nikhil Pingale told TOI on Monday, "The Pune district collector, on behalf of state govt, gave us permission on July 31, 2025, to file the appeal. It was filed before the sessions court on Aug 4." You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune The JJB, while rejecting the police's plea, had relied on a Supreme Court ruling of Jan 9, 2020. It held that the offence attributed to the minor in the case could not be considered as 'heinous' under the ambit of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act to merit his trial as an adult. The teenager's lawyer had argued, among other things, that the offences attributed to the minor could not be termed as 'heinous' in nature considering the said SC ruling. The apex court had held that offences prescribing a maximum sentence of more than seven years but not providing any minimum sentence or providing a minimum sentence of less than seven years, cannot be considered a 'heinous offence' within the meaning of section 2 (33) of the JJ Act. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like This Japanese AI invention allows you to speak 68 languages instantly. The idea? Genius. Enence 2.0 Undo The JJB upheld this point. On Monday, lawyer Sarthi Pansare, who is assisting special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray, told TOI that the Pune police's appeal, filed under Section 101 of the JJ Act, states that the accident involving the teenager should be treated as an "exceptional case" and his psychological assessment was imperative to know if he acted as a minor or a major at the time of the accident. Pansare said, "Section 467 (forgery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) applied in this case for tampering with valuable security (blood samples) provides for a life imprisonment as the maximum punishment but does not provide for a minimum sentence. Our case is that if a minor tried under this section is convicted, s/he can be sentenced to a minimum period of seven years under section 233 (2) of the JJ Act. Our case is that at the time of the incident, the teenage driver was 17 years and eight months old. So, his psychological evaluation was needed. For that purpose, the JJB should have treated the minor as an adult." Pansare said the appeal will be listed for hearing before a special court in due course of time. Two young software engineers were killed when the 17-year-old son of a prominent Pune-based builder rammed their bike from behind at Kalyaninagar junction around 2.30am on May 19, 2024. This occurred while the teen was driving the high-end car back to his bungalow in Wadgaon Sheri after late-night partying with friends at a couple of pubs in Mundhwa. The teenager was released from an observation home after Bombay high court on June 25, 2024, held that his continuation there was illegal. In between, the Pune police had filed an appeal seeking his trial as an adult. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Time of India
Cops recover devices, docus in call centre raids across cities
Pune: Crime branch officials carried out raids on premises in Navi Mumbai and Ahmedabad on the night between Sunday and Monday in connection with the illegal call centre unearthed in the city, but nothing major was found. Another team searched five flats in Kharadi and recovered pen drives and some documents, police said. Pune city police unearthed an illegal call centre operating out of a commercial complex in Kharadi for almost a year and extorting American citizens of millions of dollars after threatening them with "digital arrest" in fake cases and arrested five out of its eight key operators on the night intervening Friday and Saturday. The call centre executives were threatening the US citizens with digital arrest in cases of narcotics or other fraud by posed as law enforcement officials and extorting millions of dollars from them. During the raid, police found 123 people, including 12 women, in the facility. Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Nikhil Pingale said, "We arrested five men on Saturday, and our teams are searching for three men, including the prime suspect who hails from Ahmedabad. Our team carried out searches of the rented flats belonging to the five arrested men." A police team checked the Ahmedabad residences of the three suspects, but all of them were locked. On Saturday, police arrested Sarjitsingh Girawatsingh Shekhawat (26), Abhishekh Ajaykumar Pande (29), Shrimay Paresh Shah (31), Laxman Amarsingh Shekhawat (28), and Aron Arumugan Christian (29), all residents of Kharadi. They all hailed from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan and Ahmedabad in Gujarat. They were staying in Pune for the past year, police said.
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Time of India
3 crime branch cops suspended for extortion
1 2 Pune: Three beat marshals from Pune's city crime branch were suspended on Monday after they allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹5,000 from a senior citizen, the chairman of a housing society in Pashan. The demand was reportedly made to ignore complaints about construction noise beyond 10pm on April 13. While officials at Baner police station and the crime branch withheld the chairman's identity due to his age, they confirmed that the marshals were patrolling the Baner-Pashan area when they approached the society. Claiming a complaint had been received by the 112-emergency control room regarding noise pollution caused by construction in the society's parking area, they asked the chairman for ₹5,000 to "not take any action." They later agreed to ₹3,000. Police said, "The trio took the money and promised not to initiate any legal action and not to shut the construction activity on the society premises." The senior citizen then approached Baner police with a written complaint, which was forwarded to the crime branch. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Nikhil Pingale told TOI, "After receiving the written complaint, we initiated an internal inquiry against them, and a preliminary inquiry confirmed that the beat marshals demanded money from the chairman of the society not to initiate legal proceedings against the society office bearers." It was later confirmed that the emergency control room had not received any complaint. These beat marshals were part of the recently launched Cops24 system introduced in January.
