The Delhi Police on Thursday pleaded with a court to cancel the bail given by a juvenile justice board to a teenager. The boy had allegedly run over a man with his father’s Mercedes, leading to the man’s death. The police said the relief was granted wrongly. Additional Sessions Judge Arvind Kumar, after hearing the arguments, reserved the order on the police’s plea for 18 May.
The board had first denied bail to the boy on 19 April. Thereafter, he was granted bail on 26 April by the board, without filing of a fresh application. This was wrong. We were not even shown the psychological report of the boy.Atul Shrivastava, Prosecutor.
The boy’s counsel, however, insisted that he was rightly granted bail and the court should also see that it was for the welfare of the youth. The incident took place on 4 April when marketing executive Siddharth Sharma was trying to cross a road near Ludlow Castle School and the speeding Mercedes hit him.
On 26 April, the board had granted bail to the youth, who sought the relief to appear in entrance examinations. Before that, he was refused bail by the board observing that he was a repeat offender. The board had blamed his parents for allowing him to drive at such an age.
The police had earlier arrested a man who claimed to be the actual driver of the Mercedes at the time of the incident but did a volte-face after he learnt that the victim was dead.
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