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The Pune Police detained Vishal Agarwal, the father of the minor involved in a fatal hit and run case, from Sambhajinagar. The incident near Kalyani Nagar led to the deaths of Anis Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa. The minor driver was granted bail with rehabilitation conditions. Legal efforts are underway to try the juvenile accused as an adult.
However, criticism ensued over the court’s decision to grant bail to the teenager on the same day of his arrest, coupled with the requirement to write an essay on road accidents. The teenager, hailing from a prominent family background in the city, faces additional scrutiny as his Porsche was reportedly running without a registration number at the time of the accident. - Newsx
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The 17-year-old was given a bail by a Pune court as he was a minor, but Pune police commissioner says he is seeking permission to try the juvenile accused as an adult. As per Section 199A of the Motors Vehicles Act, where a juvenile has committed an offence, the guardian of the minor, in this case his father, will be held guilty