In a serious development, the Bombay High Court on Friday objected to the incarceration of the juvenile accused in the Pune Porsche crash case. The young man, who is now 17 years old, was released by the JJB on bail after he was accused of causing the death of two software engineers in a very terrible accident that involved a speeding car on the 19th of May this year.
However, the police, however, hastened to approach the JJB and request a change to the bail order as the public backlash ensued. On May 22, the board, using the provision of the Children’s Act, directed that the boy be arrested and placed in an observation home.
His paternal aunt, for instance, has produced a habeas corpus petition, asserting that the juvenile is being held against his/her wish and should, therefore, be released.
Some of the questions that were posed by the High Court bench during the hearing agreed to the validity of the operators of the police. Playing further havoc on the understanding of the legal minds, the court further posed questions:
“What kind of remand is this? What is the power to remand? What kind procedure is this where a person has been granted bail, and then a remand is passed taking him in custody?”
The bench emphasized that the police had not filed any petition to cancel the bail order. Instead, it applied to add something to it, and the boys were remanded to an observation home.
