PUNE: The 17-year-old Porsche Taycan driver who mowed down two software engineers in Pune on May 19 has submitted a 300-word essay on road safety, fulfilling one of his bail conditions stipulated by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB).
“The child in conflict with law submitted the essay before JJB on July 3,” one of the teenager’s lawyers, who did not want to be named, told TOI.The lawyer, however, refused to reveal the contents of the essay written in English, saying the proceedings before the juvenile board’s principal magistrate could not be made public.
When contacted, additional commissioner of police (crime) Shailesh Balkawade said he was clueless about the essay because the crime branch, which was investigating the car crash, did not have access to the proceedings before JJB. Special assistant public prosecutor Monali Kale did not answer the 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 Bombay high court on June 25, the lawyer said. “But, authorities informed him that no official communication had been 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.