A day after the Juvenile Justice Board in Pune granted bail to 17-year-old Vedant Agarwal, who killed two people with his speeding Porsche, while asking him to write a 300-word essay, police have said they would seek a higher court's permission to prosecute him as an adult accused.
Police have also registered a case against his father, a real estate developer, a senior official said.
The Porsche car driven by a 17-year-old, who the police claim was drunk at the time, hit and killed two people on a motorbike in the Kalyani Nagar area at around 3:15 am on Sunday.
The young driver was taken before the Juvenile Justice Board and was granted bail a few hours later. The board also instructed him to visit the Regional Transport Office, study traffic rules, and prepare a presentation to submit to the board within 15 days.
"The CCL (Child in Conflict with Law) will write an essay of 300 words on the topic of road accidents and their solutions," the order read.
The board also directed the youth to be referred to an alcohol deaddiction centre for counselling. The quick bail in a case where two people had died, however, has drawn criticism.
According to police, a case has been registered against the teenager under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.
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