Today, On 26th April, Mother of Teen Accused in Pune Porsche Crash released from Jail, Becomes First Among 10 Held in Blood Sample Tampering Case to Get Bail, Court Cites Lack of Direct Evidence Linking Her to Alleged Offence.
Pune: The mother of a 17-year-old boy involved in the Pune Porsche crash, which resulted in the deaths of two individuals, was released from jail on Saturday, four days after the Supreme Court granted her interim bail.
She is the first of the ten accused arrested in the alleged blood sample-swapping case to be granted bail.
Among those still in custody are the teenager’s father, doctors Ajay Taware and Shrihari Halnor from Sassoon Hospital, hospital staff member Atul Ghatkamble, two middlemen, and three others.
The incident occurred in the early hours of May 19 last year when a Porsche, allegedly driven by the intoxicated teenager, struck and killed two IT professionals riding a two-wheeler in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar.
The mother is accused of swapping her blood sample with her son’s to hide his intoxication at the time of the accident.
Upon granting interim bail, the Supreme Court instructed a Pune court to establish the bail conditions. Consequently, the district and sessions court heard arguments from both sides on Friday.
Advocate Hiray stated,
Special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray represented the state, while advocates Angad Gill and Dhvani Shah appeared on behalf of the woman.
“We sought conditions such as barring her from staying in Pune district, a passport seizure, mandatory police station attendance, and keeping her mobile location on at all times.”
However, Additional Sessions Judge Amol Shinde rejected the prosecution’s request to restrict her from staying in Pune but accepted the other conditions.
The defense attorneys opposed the restriction on her staying in Pune, citing her husband’s custody and the necessity for her presence in the city to assist with legal proceedings. They also contested the proposed Rs 5 lakh surety and daily police station visits.
The defense counsel remarked,
“We argued that since the chargesheet has been filed and no recovery is pending from her, such strict conditions are unwarranted,”
The court accepted these arguments and imposed standard bail conditions, which included a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh, submission of her passport to the investigating officer, mandatory sharing of her mobile tower location, and a prohibition on leaving India without court permission.
Additionally, the court has prohibited the woman from disclosing her identity for three months and required her to report to the police station every Wednesday.
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