The daddy of the Pune teen who mowed down two software program engineers now in custody, the minor’s lawyer right now scoffed on the police motion. In an unique interview to NDTV, Prashant Patil stated essentially the most essential bit within the matter might be proof — whether or not police have proof that he had information of his son’s actions.

The sections the police have charged him beneath, are anyway inapplicable, he added.

In probably the most horrific instances of drink driving in latest days, the teenager was doing 250 kmph when he hit the bike carrying the 2 engineers from Madhya Pradesh, Each of them died on the spot.

A couple of months in need of 18, the authorized age for driving, he acquired bail inside 15 hours. He has been requested to work with the visitors police of Yerawada for 15 days, and would endure counselling. He has additionally been referred to an alcohol de-addiction centre.

The choice of the Juvenile Justice Board for fast bail, with its set of simple situations, has sparked large anger. The police have stated they’re attempting to place the minor on trial as an grownup. They’ve additionally shut down the bar the place he and his buddies had been partying and arrested the boy’s father, a distinguished builder from town.

The police have claimed he has an ethical accountability for his underage son consuming and driving. However that may not be sufficient, Mr Patil indicated.

“For any motion beneath prison regulation one wants information,” Mr Patil stated. “There needs to be proof that the daddy had full information whether or not the kid was taking out the automobile or not taking out the automobile — regardless of the case could also be,” he added.

Requested concerning the challenge of accountability as a dad or mum, he stated in civil or prison regulation, the matter has been outlined by the Juvenile Justice Act.

The police prices in opposition to the minor’s father even have little to do with the case, he claimed. The majority of the costs in opposition to him are beneath Part 75 and 77 of Juvenile Justice Act. The others relaxation beneath the Motor Automobile Act, he stated.

“Then, at then value of some burden, if we undergo the sections at the same time as a layman – we’ll see they speak about a bodily assault or abuse or wilful neglect,” he stated, stating that the parameters usually are not linked.

The outraged households of the 2 victims have known as it a “homicide”. Aneesh Awadhiya’s uncle Akhilesh Awadhiya stated, “The accused, a minor, was drunk and was driving at 240 km per hour. He didn’t have a driving licence. That is homicide, not accident”.

Even Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has questioned the Juvenile Justice Board’s resolution and promised robust motion in opposition to the teenager.