Pune Porsche crash: Mother of accused teen walks out of jail days after SC grants interim bail

NEW DELHI: The mother of the 17-year-old boy involved in the Pune Porsche crash, which claimed the lives of two people, was released from jail on Saturday—four days after the Supreme Court granted her interim bail. She is the first among the 10 people arrested in the alleged blood sample-swapping case to be granted bail.
Others still in custody include the teenager’s father, Sassoon Hospital doctors Ajay Taware and Shrihari Halnor, hospital staffer Atul Ghatkamble, two middlemen, and three others.

The fatal crash took place in Pune's Kalyani Nagar in the early hours of May 19 last year, when a Porsche allegedly driven by the teenager in an inebriated state hit two IT professionals riding a two-wheeler, killing them on the spot.
The boy’s mother has been accused of swapping her blood sample with her son's in an attempt to conceal that he was drunk at the time of the accident.
Following the Supreme Court’s grant of interim bail, it had directed a Pune court to lay down the bail conditions. The district and sessions court heard the matter on Friday, with both sides presenting their arguments.
Special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray, representing the state, said, "We sought conditions such as barring her from staying in Pune district, a passport seizure, mandatory police station attendance, and keeping her mobile location on at all times."
However, additional sessions judge Amol Shinde rejected the prosecution’s request to bar her from staying in Pune but accepted the other suggested conditions.
The defence, represented by advocates Angad Gill and Dhvani Shah, argued against restrictions on her residence in Pune, stating that her presence was necessary to support her husband, who is also in custody, and to assist in the legal process. They also objected to the proposed Rs 5 lakh surety and daily visits to the police station.
"We argued that since the chargesheet has been filed and no recovery is pending from her, such strict conditions are unwarranted," the defence counsel said.
Accepting the defence’s plea, the court imposed standard bail conditions, including a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh, surrendering her passport to the investigating officer, sharing mobile tower location data, and obtaining court permission before leaving the country.
The court also directed the woman not to disclose her identity for three months and to report to the police station every Wednesday.