The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to three accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche accident case that claimed two lives, while observing that parents are to be blamed for such incidents involving juveniles as they don’t have control over their children.Noting that the accused — Amar Santish Gaikwad (alleged middleman), Aditya Avinash Sood and Ashish Satish Mittal (parents of two other juveniles in the car) — had been in custody for 18 months, the bench granted bail to them. “Something needs to be said about the parents of these juveniles. They don’t have control over their children. Substance abuse is another thing but giving them (children) car keys and funds to have a gala time is unacceptable,” it observed.
It noted that there are no allegations against the juveniles sitting in rear seats and their fathers are accused of replacing the blood samples.
“Celebration with substance abuse and then going at a top speed and resulting in killing of innocent people on the road or innocent people sleeping on the road…the law has to catch up on these people. Most importantly the parents of these juveniles are responsible for handing over the car keys to the children and giving them sufficient funds to have a gala time…This is the problem. These parents have no time to talk to their children, have a dialogue with them and spend time with them. So what is the solution? Give them money, ATM card,” the top court said.