Pune metropolis police at the moment submitted the draft cost in opposition to seven accused individuals chargesheeted within the Porsche automotive crash case, 5 months after the accident at Kalyani Nagar junction that killed two IT engineers.
The accused individuals embody mother and father of the minor boy who was allegedly driving the Porsche automotive after consuming liquor, Dr Ajay Aniruddha Taware, 48, former head of the Forensic Drugs Division of Sassoon Hospital, Dr Shrihari Bhimrao Halnor, 35, the casualty medical officer on the time, Atul Namdev Ghatkamble, 30, a morgue workers and “middlemen” Ashpak Basha Makandar, 36, and Amar Santosh Gaikwad, 27.
Particular public prosecutor (SPP) Shishir Hiray filed the draft cost earlier than the particular decide U M Mudholkar below sections 304, 279, 338, 337, 427, 120 (b), 201, 213, 214, 466, 467, 468, 471, 109 of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Motor Car Act and Prevention of Corruption Act.
Two IT engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and his buddy Ashwini Koshta, each aged 24 and hailing from Madhya Pradesh, have been killed after the dashing Porsche pushed by a 17-year-old boy allegedly in an inebriated state hit their bike round 2.30 am on Might 19.
A primary data report (FIR) was lodged on the identical day in opposition to the minor automotive driver on the Yerwada police station. The police investigation revealed that when the minor accused was taken to the government-run Sassoon Hospital after the accident for a medical examination, his blood pattern was allegedly changed along with his mom’s.
The police then arrested seven individuals, together with the minor’s mother and father, docs and a workers on the Sassoon hospital together with accused Makandar and Gaikwad, on costs of tampering proof, forgery, legal conspiracy and corruption.
In response to the police, Makandar and Gaikwad allegedly acted as “middledmen” between the minor’s mother and father and docs at Sassoon Hospital for tampering with the blood samples and making ready pretend stories.
The police mentioned that Makandar allegedly took Rs 4 lakh from the minor’s father at a lodge in Kalyani Nagar and gave it to the Sassoon staffers for altering blood samples. Investigators mentioned that they’ve recovered Rs 2.5 lakh from Dr Halnor and Rs 50,000 from Ghatkamble. The remaining Rs 1 lakh is but to be recovered.
On July 25, the police had filed a preliminary chargesheet of about 900 pages in opposition to the seven accused. Prices can be framed in opposition to them throughout the subsequent hearings.
In the meantime, Particular Public Prosecutor (SPP) Hiray and assistant lawyer Sarathi Pansare additionally filed an software earlier than the court docket in search of “password/sample” to unlock the cell telephones of accused Halnor and Ghatkamble that have been submitted to the forensic science lab (FSL) for evaluation. “The following listening to is scheduled on November 6,” mentioned advocate Pansare.
Plea for declaring father of minor’s buddy ‘proclaimed offender’
SPP Hiray mentioned they’ve filed one other software earlier than the court docket for declaring the daddy of the minor driver’s buddy as a “proclaimed offender”.
A DNA report on August 9 confirmed that blood samples of the 2 buddies of the minor have been additionally swapped at Sassoon hospital. Each buddies, who too are minors, have been within the Porsche on the time of the accident.
The police have booked the fathers of each buddies and a non-public individual on this case. One among them was arrested for allegedly giving his blood pattern to interchange it along with his son’s. The blood pattern of the second buddy was allegedly swapped with that of a non-public individual as per the directions of his father. The individual in query was arrested, whereas the daddy’s software in search of anticipatory bail was rejected by the Bombay Excessive Courtroom.
Right now, the prosecution sought an order from the court docket to pronounce him as a proclaimed offender as he has allegedly been absconding and continually avoiding the police crew investigating the case.
In the meantime, the police had submitted a “last report” in opposition to the minor driver on the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on June 17 and the “supplementary last report” on September 26.
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