Can Teen Accused In Pune Porsche Accident Be Tried As Adult? Has It Happened Before? What’s The Law?

The furore over a Pune court letting the teen accused off the hook in the Porsche car crash that killed two software engineers has put the Juvenile Justice Board to test on whether the 17-year-old should be tried as an adult in the case. The teen was driving drunk, beyond the permissible limit as per the law, at over 160 kmph, as per the police reports, and had confessed that his father, Vishal Agarwal, a prominent builder, knew about it.Show more