After outcry over bail, juvenile accused shifted to observation home

A 17yearold boy allegedly involved in a car accident in Pune that claimed two lives has been shifted to an observation home following an order of the Juvenile Justice Board JJB an official from the facility said on Thursday reported news agency PTIMore than 30 minors are currently lodged at the observation home located at the same premises where the hearing on the polices review petition in connection with the case involving the teenager took place on Wednesday the official said reported PTIPune accident case Outcry over quick bailThe Porsche car allegedly driven by the teenager who the police claim was drunk at the time fatally knocked down two motorbikeborne software engineers at Kalyani Nagar in Maharashtras Pune city in the early hours of SundayThe teenager son of real estate developer Vishal Agarwal 50 was subsequently produced before the JJB which granted him bail hours later Police later approached the JJB again seeking a review of its order reported PTIFollowing an outcry over quick bail the JJB on Wednesday remanded the boy to the observation home till June 5The ChildinConflict with Law CCL was immediately sent to the Nehru Udyog Kendra observation home located at Yerawada where he is staying with the other CCLs the official from the facility said reported PTIPune accident case The observation homeA senior police official said during his stay at the observation home the juvenile will undergo psychological assessmentsAccording to advocate Prashant Patil who represented the teenager at the JJB hearing the process of deciding whether a juvenile should be treated as an adult accused can take at least two months as reports of psychiatrists and counsellors among others are called for and then the JJB gives its decisionPatil said during the remand the CCL will be kept at the rehabilitation home with specific parameters set for this period reported PTIThe board has given directions regarding providing a psychologist psychiatrist or a counsellor for the CCL to support his mental health and help reintegrate him into the mainstream he saidPune accident case Bail cancelledWhile the police said the JJB on Wednesday evening cancelled the bail granted to the minor three days ago his lawyer claimed there was no cancellation of bail There was no order yet on the polices application seeking permission to treat him as an adult accusedAs per the operative order issued by the JJ Board it has sent the minor to the observation home till June 5 The order on our plea to allow police to treat him as an adult accused has not been received yet Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Wednesday reported PTIAdvocate Patil said the bail granted on Sunday has not been cancelledIt is a modification of the earlier orderCancellation of bail means setting aside the earlier order and taking the person in custody Here it is not a custody It is a rehab home he told reporters on Wednesday reported PTIThe JJB had in its Sunday order also asked the teenager to write a 300word essay on road accidents an order that drew an onslaught of criticismThe police have registered an FIR against the minor under IPC sections 304 culpable homicide not amounting to murder 304 A causing death by negligence 279 rash driving and relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles ActPune accident case Boys father in police custodyA sessions court earlier on Wednesday remanded the boys father and two employees of Hotel Blak Club Nitesh Shevani and Jayesh Gavkar in police custody till May 24 reported PTIAs per the police the teenager before the accident had allegedly consumed alcohol at the hotelThe police registered a case against his father under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act and against the owner and employees of two bars which the boy had visited before Sundays accident for serving alcohol to an underage person reported PTISection 75 deals with willful neglect of a child or exposing a child to mental or physical illnesses while section 77 deals with supplying a child with intoxicating liquor or drugsPune accident case The real estate developer gave his son the carAccording to the FIR the real estate developer gave his son the car despite knowing that the boy did not have a driving license thus endangering his life and allowed him to party even while knowing that he drinks alcohol reported PTIActivist Prince Singhal the founder of Community Against Drunken Driving CADD a nonprofit organisation in a statement on Wednesday said he has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take cognisance of the Pune accident case and direct for action against the guilty reported PTIWith inputs from PTI