Porsche Crash Case: SC Issues Notice To Maharashtra Govt On Bail Pleas Of Two Accused

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Maharashtra government on pleas filed by two accused seeking bail in the Pune Porsche car accident case, which claimed two lives in May 2024.

A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued the notice to the state government on pleas filed by Aditya Avinash Sood (52) and Ashish Satish Mittal (37) against a Bombay High Court order rejecting their bail. The High Court on December 16 last year had rejected the bail pleas of eight accused, including Sood and Mittal, in the case.

Sood and Mittal were arrested on August 19 last year, as their blood samples were used for tests in connection with two minors who were in the car along with the 17-year-old main accused at the time of the accident. In May, 2024, a Porsche car, allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy under the influence of alcohol, fatally knocked down two IT professionals in Pune's Kalyani Nagar area.

The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) had granted bail to the minor accused on lenient terms, sparking nationwide outrage. The bail conditions included writing a 300-word essay on road safety.

As bail to the accused juvenile triggered outrage, the Pune police approached the JJB to review its decision. The board then modified the order and sent the juvenile to an observation home. In June, the High Court ordered the release of the juvenile.

A total of 10 accused including Vishal Agarwal and Shivani Agarwal, two doctors, Ajay Tawre and Shreehari Halnor, Sassoon hospital's staffer Atul Ghatkamble, two middlemen and three others, Aditya Avinash Sood, Ashish Mittal and Arun Kumar Singh, were sent to jail in the blood sample swapping case.

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