Supreme Court grants bail to accused in 2024 Pune Porsche accident case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to a 28-year-old man who allegedly conspired to destroy evidence in the 2024 Pune Porsche accident case, on grounds of parity. 

A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that petitioner Ashpak Basha Makandar had been in jail for 20 months while three other accused had already been granted bail.

The bench noted the submission that the appellant is similarly placed to the co-accused, who has already been granted bail in this matter. 

In an incident on May 19, 2024, a Porsche car allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy under the influence of alcohol, fatally injured two IT professionals in Pune's Kalyani Nagar area.

It was alleged that Makandar facilitated the criminal conspiracy to tamper with medical evidence by swapping blood samples of the minor occupants with those of their guardians at the hospital.

Earlier this month, the apex court granted bail to three accused in the case. The apex court had then observed that parents are to be blamed for such incidents involving juveniles, as they don't have control over their children.

The court had then noted that the accused, Amar Santish Gaikwad (alleged middleman), Aditya Avinash Sood and Ashish Satish Mittal (parents of two other juveniles in the car) had been in custody for 18 months.