Overview
- Justice Shyam C. Chandak rejected bail for the minor’s father, Vishal Agarwal, along with seven others in an order issued Tuesday.
- Those refused relief include Sassoon Hospital doctors Ajay Taware and Shrihari Halnor, alleged to have replaced the juvenile’s blood samples, as well as intermediaries Ashpak Makandar, Ashish Mittal, Aditya Sood, and Arunkumar Singh.
- Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray argued the accused fabricated crucial forensic evidence through a blood-sample swap at Sassoon Hospital and warned that vulnerable witnesses could be threatened.
- The accused face charges under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act stemming from the May 19, 2024 crash that killed software engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar.
- Earlier court decisions released the juvenile under supervision, and the Supreme Court granted and later confirmed interim bail to his mother.