Pune Court grants bail to juvenile’s father and grandfather in driver’s kidnap case
A Pune court granted bail on Tuesday to the father and grandparents of the accused adolescent in the Pune Porsche crash case for kidnapping and improper imprisonment of their family driver.
The juvenile’s grandfather, SK Agarwal, would be released soon after the bail order was issued by the Bari Court. Vishal Agarwal, the father of the juvenile accused, will remain in court custody until police present their paperwork in the blood swapping case.
The Pune Police alleged that Surendra Kumar Agarwal kidnapped the driver and took him to his residence after the accident on May 19 around midnight.
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“That night, the driver stayed at the Agarwal house situated in Kalyaninagar. After that, the crime branch told the court that his wife and children were also brought to this place. In this regard, the crime branch had checked the CCTV footage of Agarwal’s bungalow. Search operations were also conducted”, the police added.
However, defence lawyer Prashant Patil informed the court that the driver arrived at the residence on his own. Patil also told the court that the driver stayed with his family at Agrawal’s home that night out of fear of being lynched by a mob.
Surendra Kumar Agarwal was granted bail after being taken into judicial custody in connection with an abduction.
Meanwhile, Vishal Agarwal has been given bail in this case, but his custody will remain in the blood swapping case.
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Vishal Agarwal lodged in Yerwada Central Prison
Despite being granted bail in an earlier case, Vishal Agarwal remained in Yerwada Central Prison due to three other outstanding cases.
One of the cases concerned the alleged kidnapping and wrongful incarceration of the family driver, who the Agarwals are accused of pushing into accepting responsibility for driving the car.
Another instance involved alleged evidence manipulation, with claims that the minor’s blood sample was exchanged with his mother’s to avoid detection of alcohol.
