Pune Porsche crash: Teen has submitted 300-word essay on road safety to JJB, says lawyer

PUNE: The 17-year-old Porsche Taycan driver, who fatally knocked two software engineers down at Kalyaninagar on May 19, has submitted a 300-word essay on road safety, as per one of his bail conditions stipulated by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB).
“The child in conflict with law has abided by the bail condition, written an essay on road safety, and submitted it before JJB on July 3,” one of the teenager’s lawyers, who did not want to be named, said.The lawyer, however, refused to reveal the contents of the essay written in English, saying that the proceedings before the juvenile board’s principal magistrate cannot be made public.
When contacted, additional commissioner of police (crime) Shailesh Balkawade said he is clueless about the essay because the crime branch, which is investigating the car crash case, does not have access to the proceedings before JJB. Special assistant public prosecutor Monali Kale did not answer the several phone calls made by TOI.

As per another bail condition, the teenager turned up at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to study and practise traffic rules after his detention in an observation home was set aside by the Bombay high court on June 25, the lawyer said. “But, authorities informed him that there was no official communication received from JJB in this regard. Hence, we filed a plea before the juvenile board stating that the teenager was not given any training. The board has directed RTO to file a written submission.”
An RTO official, however, dismissed this claim and said the teenager had never visited their office.
On May 19, JJB granted the teenager’s release on certain conditions. He was to vi sit RTO to study traffic rules and regulations and submit a report within 15 days. The board also asked him to write a 300-word essay on “effect of road accidents and their solution” and to assist an RTO officer to study and practise traffic rules for 15 days. An external de-addiction counselling at Pune’s Muktangan rehabilitation center and psychology and psychiatrist consultation with a doctor at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital were the other bail conditions.
Around 2.30am on May 19, the Porsche, driven by the 17-year-old, hit a motorcycle from behind at Kalyaninagar, killing two software engineers on it.