Overview

• The JJB rejected Pune Police’s application under the Juvenile Justice Act, finding that the teen’s alleged offences did not meet the Supreme Court’s criteria for a heinous crime to warrant adult trial.
• The ruling follows the May 19, 2024 crash in Kalyani Nagar in which the 17-year-old allegedly driving under the influence killed two IT professionals.
• Police investigations uncovered attempts to swap the teenager’s blood samples—first at Sassoon Hospital and later thwarted at Aundh Government Hospital—resulting in the arrest of ten individuals including his parents and three hospital staffers.
• The teen is booked under IPC Section 304 for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and Section 467 for forgery related to evidence tampering.
• Pune City Police have signaled plans to challenge the board’s ruling in a higher court as the case proceeds under juvenile law.