Prashant Patil, lawyer of the juvenile involved in the Pune crash case said the Juvenile Justice Board has a 90-day procedure in place to determine whether to consider the 17-year-old as an adult.
Talking to presspersons, Patil said, “The Juvenile Justice Act has procedures to determine whether the juvenile should be considered as a minor or an adult. It takes almost 90 days to complete the procedure,” ANI reported.
Cancelling the teenager’s bail, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Wednesday remanded the teenager allegedly involved in a car accident that claimed two lives to an observation home till June 5. Two IT professionals, identified as Ashwini Koshta and Aneesh Awadhia, were killed in the accident.
Patil said once a juvenile is arrested, investigating agencies must file a chargesheet within 30 days. “After the chargesheet is filed, a two-month procedure follows, which includes psychological and social assessments along with a de-addiction test," Patil said.
Meanwhile, the sessions court Wednesday remanded Vishal Agarwal (50), the minor's father, and two employees of Hotel Black Club Nitesh Shevani and Jayesh Gavkar, in police custody till May 24. The teenager, before the accident, had allegedly consumed alcohol at Hotel Black Club. Police registered a case against his father under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act, and against the owner and employees of two bars which the boy had visited before Sunday's accident for `serving alcohol to an underage person.'
-With inputs from agencies.
