Overview

• On July 30, a Pune Sessions Court refused a 21-day temporary bail application by builder Vishal Agarwal to look after his 79-year-old mother
• Judge K P Kshirsagar highlighted the severity of the May 2024 Porsche crash that killed two software professionals and noted a reasonable apprehension of witness tampering
• The court found the proposed spinal surgery to be elective and pointed out that other family members were available to care for his mother
• Agarwal remains in custody alongside co-accused Sassoon Hospital doctors and intermediaries charged with allegedly swapping the juvenile driver’s blood samples
• The case has undergone multiple judicial interventions over remand, bail disputes and evidence-tampering allegations, delaying the trial’s progress