Pune Porsche car crash: Appointments of two Juvenile Justice Board members terminated for ‘misusing powers’

Two IT engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and his person Ashwini Koshta, some 24 and from Madhya Pradesh, were killed aft a speeding Porsche car driven by a 17-and-a-half-year-old lad successful an inebriated authorities deed their motorcycle astatine Pune’s Kalyani Nagar junction astir 2.30 americium connected May 19.

Same day, a first accusation report (FIR) was lodged against the insignificant car driver, astatine the Yerwada constabulary station. The constabulary detained the insignificant and produced him earlier the JJB successful Pune successful the afternoon. The constabulary had sought his custody successful the juvenile reflection location and had besides appealed that helium beryllium tried arsenic an adult.

But the JJB — which consisted of conscionable 1 non-judicial member, Danwade, alternatively of its afloat spot of three, including 1 judicial subordinate — had past rejected the applications and granted bail to the accused on assorted conditions, including penning an effort of 300 words connected roadworthy accidents, studying postulation information norms, and undergoing deaddiction counseling.

This led to a large controversy, pursuing which an enquiry was initiated by the authorities against the JJB members. The Women and Child Development Department (WCD) of the authorities appointed a five-member enquiry committee arsenic it prima facie recovered that a JJB subordinate had hurriedly granted bail to the insignificant boy.

A WCD notification connected October 8 mentions that aft holding an inquiry, Danwade and Thorat “have been recovered blameworthy of misusing their powers” vested nether the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children ) Act, 2015.

Both were appointed arsenic “social idiosyncratic members” of the JJB for a play of 3 years arsenic per a authorities notification connected May 2, 2022. Now, aft being held blameworthy successful the inquiry, the authorities has amended this notification and terminated the appointments Danwade and Thorat.