Hello friends, This story The Pune Porsche Crash | Rich People vs Aam Aadmi takes place on the night of May 18. A 24-year-old man named Anish and a 24-year-old woman named Ashwini, originally from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, went out to party with their friends at a club in Pune. Both were working for an IT company in Pune. They went to a club called Bowler. Meanwhile, about 3 km away, Vedant and his 12 friends met at a Kosi pub around 10:40 PM.
Vedant and his friends entered the pub, and within just an hour and a half, they had spent a lot of money, racking up a bill of 8000 rupees. CCTV footage from this time, which is available to the public, shows Vedant and his friends drinking. It is important to note that Vedant was under 18, which is below the minimum drinking age limit.
Around midnight, the pub stopped serving Vedant and his friends, so they left and went to another club called Black, which was also about 3 km away from where Anish and Ashwini were partying. Around 2 AM, Vedant and two of his friends left the Black club, heavily intoxicated, and got into Vedant’s electric Porsche Taycan. Their driver was also present in the car.
Around 2:30 AM, Anish and Ashwini were returning home on a motorcycle. As their bike took a U-turn on Kalyani Nagar Airport Road, Vedant’s Porsche, speeding like a bullet, collided with them, resulting in a horrific accident that killed Anish and Ashwini instantly. Some reports suggest the car was going at 160 km/h, while others claim it was over 200 km/h. The CCTV footage shows how narrow the road was.
After the collision, the car’s airbags were deployed, and bystanders rushed to the spot. Amidst some scuffle and questioning, Vedant was handed over to the police. People at the scene believed that Vedant would face severe punishment for causing the deaths of two people. However, they were unaware of the bizarre developments that would follow. Vedant Agarwal was taken to Yerawada Police Station, and just an hour later, at 3 AM, MLA Sunil Tangde arrived at the police station.
Think about it, friends—would an MLA wake up in the middle of the night and go to a police station for an ordinary boy? No. The truth is that Vedant Agarwal belongs to a very wealthy family. His father, Vishal Agarwal, is a well-known builder who owns the real estate company BrahmaCorp. Sunil Tangde is an MLA from Ajit Pawar’s NCP, currently in alliance with BJP. Later, in an interview with a news channel, Tangde said he didn’t influence the case and was there because he had known the family for 30 years and considered them friends.
He was called by Vedant’s father, Vishal Agarwal. The next afternoon at Yerawada Police Station, another exciting event occurred. A man was seen carrying six or seven pizza cartons into the station. Some reporters outside the police station reported a feast being held inside. Around 6 AM, Sunil Tangde left the station, and a few hours later, at 8:20 AM on the 19th, an FIR was filed against Vedant. The section under which the FIR was filed is itself controversial. It was filed under Section 304A, not Section 304.
There are fundamental differences between these two sections. Section 304A deals with death by negligence, which means someone died due to your mistake. The maximum punishment under this section is two years in jail. On the other hand, Section 304 pertains to “culpable homicide not amounting to murdering,” which means you knew that your mistake could cause someone’s death, but you still made a mistake. This isn’t murder because it lacks the direct intention to kill, hence the term “not amounting to murder.” The maximum punishment under Section 304 is ten years in jail. The most significant difference between the two sections is the knowledge of the consequences of your mistake.
Now, friends, tell me, is there anyone today who doesn’t know that driving under the influence of alcohol can cause accidents and deaths? Does anyone know that driving at 200 km/h on narrow city roads can result in fatalities? This raises the question: Why was Section 304A filed instead of 304? Why wasn’t Section 304 filed? Was MLA Sunil Tangde’s influence involved in this recommendation? This is a significant question.
Regarding the car, there is another issue. The permanent registration of this Porsche Taycan. It had been pending since March because Mr. Agarwal had not paid the fee of ₹1,758. Therefore, the car did not have a license plate at the time of the accident. We learned from Vedant’s grandfather that this car was a gift for Vedant.
Returning to the FIR, the police conducted a blood test on Vedant. It is noteworthy that the test was done at 11 AM, about 8 hours after the incident. Depending on the amount of alcohol consumed, it can remain in your bloodstream for 6 to 12 hours. Given that the test was conducted 8 hours later, one might expect it to be positive. However, the test came back negative. The reason behind this is another act of deception.
The doctor who conducted the blood test at the hospital threw the actual blood sample into the trash and replaced it with a clean sample. The Agarwal family allegedly paid ₹1 lakh to two doctors to switch the samples. You can find this article on the NDTV website, which states that the doctors received a ₹1 lakh bribe to replace the samples. The doctors involved, Dr. Ajay Taware and Dr. Shrihari Halanur, have now been arrested by the police for this fraud. The deception did not end there.
According to an article by Pune Pulse, Vedant Agarwal’s mother requested their driver to take the blame for the crash. Vedant’s grandfather went a step further by threatening the driver, telling him to admit that he was the one driving the car that night. Fortunately, there were so many witnesses that no such stunt could be attempted.
However, the most shocking development in this case was when the Juvenile Justice Board granted bail to Vedant. While granting bail, it was stated that Vedant would have to study all the rules and regulations, prepare a presentation, and write a 300-word essay on “Road Accidents and Their Solutions.” Imagine he killed two people by driving, and his punishment was to write a 300-word essay.
This news caused a public uproar across the country. Social media was ablaze with outrage. The Pune crash tragedy sent shockwaves across the nation. The minor driving the speeding Porsche was granted bail within 15 hours of his detention, something unheard of. A wealthy boy drives a Porsche drunk, kills two people, and is then asked to write an essay as punishment. Look at the ease with which the accused gets away because of their political and social connections. Do you feel it’s a lost cause? Has justice become a joke, and is the value of our lives less than that of cockroaches for the rich?
Due to public outrage, the police were under pressure. As a result, they moved to the Sessions Court on May 20, attempting to have Vedant tried as an adult and modify Section 304A to Section 304. The Sessions Court returned the case, stating that the police should approach the Juvenile Justice Board for this. The police also decided to book other individuals involved in this case.
The owner of the Kosi pub, his father, and the manager were booked, as were the managers of the Black restaurant. When three of these individuals were taken to court for a remand application, Judge SP Patil made a rather bizarre statement. He said, “What will people do on the roads? Those who come to big pubs will not go home on foot. They will drive home, so the ones selling alcohol should know how much they are serving their customers and set a limit.”
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Does this logic make sense, friends? According to the judge, people who come to pubs will drive home drunk, so pub owners should monitor how much alcohol they are serving. This is an extraordinary statement and a way to shift the blame from Vedant and his family to the pub owners. The only fault of the pub owners here is that they served alcohol to an underage The boy was served alcohol, and it was either with a fake ID card shown by Vedant or served without any ID at all.
Now investigation will reveal the extent of their fault. Due to pressure on the police, an FIR was also registered against Vedant’s father, Vishal Agarwal, under Section 75 (willful neglect of a child and exposing a child to mental and physical illness) and Section 77 (supplying intoxicating liquor and drugs). Sections 3, 4, and 199A of the Motor Vehicles Act were also applied as Vedant was allowed to drive without a license.
On May 20, there was another twist in the story when news broke that Vishal Agarwal had fled. He managed to get bail for his son and then tried to escape himself, buying a new SIM card to avoid being tracked by the police. However, this did not last long, as he was arrested the next day, on May 21, in Aurangabad. By this time, the outrage against the case had peaked, with public anger and prominent leaders raising the issue.
On May 22, Vedant was produced in juvenile court and charged under Section 185 for driving under the influence of alcohol. The police then requested the court to try Vedant as an adult instead of a minor. It remains to be seen whether the court will accept the police’s request. Until then, Vedant has been remanded to the Nehru Udyog Kendra Observation Home in Yerwada until June 5.
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Here arises an interesting legal technicality, making it difficult to give Vedant a severe punishment. When a criminal is under 18, the punishment is almost negligible. The Nirbhaya case raised a significant uproar about this issue ten years ago because one of the boys involved was under 18. Under public pressure, the government amended the law in 2015 with the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015.
According to this act, if a person in the age bracket of 16 to 18 commits a heinous crime, the Juvenile Justice Board can decide to try them as an adult instead of a minor. A horrific crime means a very heinous crime, such as murder, with a minimum sentence of at least seven years in jail.
In Vedant’s specific case, the problem is that IPC Section 304 does not prescribe a minimum sentence—only a maximum sentence of 10 years. Therefore, this section does not classify as a heinous crime. Coincidentally, Vedant is only four months short of 18. In legal terms, there is a concept called “doli incapax,” meaning the age of criminal responsibility. It is believed that children below a certain age cannot intentionally commit a crime.
Therefore, the punishment for these children is not the same as for adults. Most countries use this philosophy in their legal systems, although the specific age varies from country to country. Some countries set this age at six, some at nine, others at twelve, and some at fifteen. This is why when children commit crimes below a certain age, they are not punished but given a chance to reform through counseling and proper education. Research shows that children raised in a poor environment or with inadequate parenting are more likely to commit crimes.
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However, there is also a chance to reform these children through counseling and proper education. But what about boys like Vedant? He was a boy from a wealthy family who received everything he wanted—a luxury education, a supportive family, and all privileges, including a luxury car gifted at the age of 17. Therefore, Vedant should be tried as an adult, not a minor. However, this legal technicality has allowed criminals like Vedant to escape before. Look at this 2016 case: Four days before his 18th birthday, a three-time repeat offender juvenile ran over a 32-year-old man in Delhi. Initially, the family’s driver came forward, claiming he was driving, but later retracted his statement when he learned that the victim had died.
In June 2016, the Juvenile Justice Board decided to try this boy as an adult, which was logical as he was just four days short of 18 and a repeat offender. However, in 2020, the Supreme Court denied this, stating that Section 304 is not technically a heinous crime, so he should be tried as a minor. Just a few days before this Pune incident, another similar incident occurred in Kanpur, where a 15-year-old boy killed two people in a motor accident in October 2023. Despite being charged under Section 304, he quickly got bail.
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In March of this year, he again committed a hit-and-run accident, killing four more people. Again, he was charged under Sections 279 and 338 but quickly escaped punishment. Finally, on May 22, he was arrested when the Pune case news spread on social media, and public anger was rising. I believe that if the law continues to treat such people as minors repeatedly, the entire responsibility should be placed on the parents of these criminals.
Parents who allow their children to drive without a license under 18, parents whose poor parenting leads to these acts, and parents whose intentional mistakes result in the loss of lives should be held accountable. If these 15-17-year-old criminals cannot be given severe punishment, then at least their parents, who are adults, should be punished accordingly for allowing their children to commit such acts.
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This Pune case exposes our entire system, showing how corrupt it is from top to bottom. Everything is allowed for people; if you have money, then you can do anything; you can drive a car without a license plate, you can drink alcohol underage, and after drinking alcohol, you can drive the vehicle at a speed of 200, MLS will help you if you commit a crime, doctors will change blood samples for you if you bribe them, the court will ask you to write something in return for your crime, and everything will be forgiven.
On the other hand, the middle class, common people, and poor people want to follow all the rules in the country and become ideal citizens by paying taxes on time. If someone’s house gets bulldozed one day, show the papers of the shop. No officer is coming forward to see it. If it’s not legal, tear up the papers to show. No one is ready. If an injunction from the Supreme Court has been issued, then why are you still breaking it?
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You’re not listening to the Supreme Court without any reason; police will rain lathis on them; one day, if someone falls under a hoarding, they will be crushed to death; one day, they will get cancer due to harmful medicines and contaminated food, one day while walking on the road, the son of a rich man will come and crush him under his car, this is the life of an ordinary man. There is only one thing for us in our country, just one thing that can reduce the distance between justice and injustice, which can eliminate this difference between rich and poor; it is such a thing that cannot be bought with money; it is our unity, the voice of the people, in this case, efforts are being made to take strict action against corruption, those doctors have already been arrested who tried to change blood samples if there is the hope of getting justice in this case. It is only because people raised their voices on social media that the son of this wealthy father, who leaves bloodstains on the road, is saved today only because of our collective voice.
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Here is a lesson for all of us: We should always raise our voices against such injustices. If there is any way to fight against this flawed system, then it is exactly what Dr. B.R. Ambedkar said: educate, agitate, and organize, spread awareness among people, raise your voice, and show the power of your unity. Thank you very much.
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