Bhubaneswar: Failing to abide by the law is proving to be costly indeed for the teenager accused in the Pune Porsche car crash case.
The lawyer representing the minor told Hindustan Times that the 17-year-old wants to pursue a Business Administration (BBA) course, but has been denied admission in a reputed Delhi-based management institute.
The college did earlier accept the teen’s application, before rejecting it and asking for a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) for enrolment in the college.
Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray said that the defence had filed an appeal with JJB for an NOC, stating the crisis in the accused teen’s life.
“I responded that education was everyone’s right guaranteed by the Constitution and he (minor accused) must get admission,” said Hiray.
However, investigating officer ACP Ganesh Ingale revealed that the defence lawyer has withdrawn the appeal for NOC, stating that the boy now wants to pursue BBA in Pune, not Delhi.
On September 26, Pune police filed additional charges against the teen involved in the Porsche hit-and-run case, accusing him of destroying evidence, forgery, and violations under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The teen was reportedly drunk and behind the wheels of the luxurious Porsche when he hit two IT professionals riding a motorbike in Kalyani Nagar, Pune, in the early hours of May 19. The victims Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta, who were flung into the air, succumbed to their injuries.
During the hearing of the case, the teen’s parents allegedly tried to swap his blood sample with his mother’s to save the accused.
The minimum age for obtaining a four-wheeler driving licence in India is 18 years, but the Pune boy was just 17 and, hence, not legally eligible to drive a car.
Section 185 of the Motor Vehicle Act says that drunk driving is a criminal offence and the punishment is imprisonment for 6 months and a fine of Rs 10,000.