Supreme Court of India granted bail to Ashpak Makandar in the Pune Porsche crash blood sample tampering case linked to two engineers’ deaths. The Bench of BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan cited parity, noting similarly placed co-accused had earlier received relief.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has granted bail to Ashpak Makandar, one of the individuals accused of assisting in the tampering of blood samples related to the prime accused (the driver) in the 2024 Pune Porsche crash that resulted in the deaths of two young software engineers.
A Bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan awarded bail after observing that co-accused facing similar charges in the same case had already received similar relief.
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Hearing Before the Supreme Court:
The Court inquired during the proceedings,
“How long has he been inside?”
Representing Makandar, Senior Advocate Siddharth Agarwal replied,
“20 months, Your Lordships,”
The Court stated,
“We will grant bail on the ground of parity. Leave granted,”
The Court then ordered,
“Bail granted in accordance with the order passed in SLP (Crl.) No. 1270 of 2026 in the case of Amar Gaikwad, who is also accused of acting as a middleman to facilitate the tampering of blood samples.”
Factual Backgrounds:
The case relates to an accident that occurred at approximately 2:30 AM on May 19, 2024, when a Porsche car, allegedly driven by a juvenile under the influence of alcohol, crashed into a motorcycle in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar area.
The crash resulted in the deaths of 24-year-old software engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta, both from Madhya Pradesh.
The prosecution alleges that the father of the juvenile accused, businessman Vishal Agarwal, along with his wife and associates, conspired with hospital staff to alter the blood test results of the juvenile and his friends, ensuring there were no indications of alcohol consumption.
It is claimed that Rs 3 lakh was paid to the staff at Sassoon Hospital through intermediaries, with senior medical officers accused of facilitating the tampering. Among those accused of acting as intermediaries in this scheme to alter blood samples is Makandar.
Another alleged middleman, Amar Santosh Gaikwad, was recently granted bail, as were Ashish Mittal, a friend of Vishal Agarwal, and Aditya Sood, whose son was a passenger in the Porsche. These three received bail earlier this month.
Makandar was represented in the Supreme Court by advocates Shakti Pandey and Abid Mulani.
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