Pune Teen Got Bail. Ordered To Write Essay

The 17-year-old boy at the wheel of the speeding Porsche that hit a bike in Pune Saturday night, killing a man and a woman, was out on bail 15 hours after he was arrested. His lawyer Prashant Patil said a court granted bail to the minor on conditions -- he has to work with traffic police in Yerwada for 15 days, write an essay on accidents, undergo treatment for his drinking habit, studying traffic rules and giving a presentation on same to the Juvenile Justice Board, assisting accident victims in the future, if he witnesses one and take counselling sessions. The accused is the son of a prominent Pune builder.

The teenager reportedly rammed the Porsche he was driving into a motorbike carrying Anis Dudhiya and Ashwini Costa, both engineers from Madhya Pradesh working in Pune, were returning on a bike after attending a get-together with friends. According to the police FIR, Costa died on the spot, while Dudhiya succumbed to injuries at the hospital.

The accident took place around 2.15 am. The car was in full speed. The driver was fleeing after the car hit the bike, but the airbags deployed. He could not see the road and parked the car. Locals caught them. Besides the driver, there were two occupants in the car. One of them escaped. The crowd beat up the other two," said an eyewitness, an auto-rickshaw operator waiting for a ride.

The minor, it is learnt, was returning with his friends from a pub where they were partying to celebrate clearing their Class 12 exams.

The Yerawada police station has registered a case against the driver under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act, including rash driving and causing death by negligence.

Cases will also be registered against the juvenile driver's father, and the bar that "served the boy liquor", according to Pune City Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar.