Rejecting bail for a Class 12
student accused of killing a man in Delhi with
his father's Mercedes, a juvenile court today
said he is a repeat offender on whom fines
have failed to have any "reformative effect"
and his parents "couldn't care less".
The Juvenile Justice Board's order reportedly
says the boy's parents "seem to have scant
regard for the law and they have instilled the
same approach in the mind of their son."
NDTV has accessed details of the order, in
which the two-member board notes that the
teen has a history of traffic violations before
the accident on April 4.
"For long, parents of the juvenile have
promoted his habit of driving cars. It doesn't
matter if they knew their son was getting
challaned (fined) repeatedly," the order says,
commenting that the parents let their son
drive before he turned 18 and without a
license.
The juvenile court said the car had immense
horsepower and "had higher potential of
causing accidents if used by a novice." Given
the boy's antecedents, it said, he was a
potential menace not only to pedestrians and
other drivers but also to himself and others in
his car.
The order takes note of an accident just
weeks before in February, which was settled
out of court, and observes that the boy "also
put forged signature on settlement paper to
avoid further detection."
The boy was out celebrating with his friends
after his Class 12 exams when he allegedly
rammed marketing consultant Sidharth
Sharma, driving at a speed of over 80 km an
hour. The 32-year-old was flung in the air
with the impact. The teen allegedly
abandoned the car and ran away with his
friends.
student accused of killing a man in Delhi with
his father's Mercedes, a juvenile court today
said he is a repeat offender on whom fines
have failed to have any "reformative effect"
and his parents "couldn't care less".
The Juvenile Justice Board's order reportedly
says the boy's parents "seem to have scant
regard for the law and they have instilled the
same approach in the mind of their son."
NDTV has accessed details of the order, in
which the two-member board notes that the
teen has a history of traffic violations before
the accident on April 4.
"For long, parents of the juvenile have
promoted his habit of driving cars. It doesn't
matter if they knew their son was getting
challaned (fined) repeatedly," the order says,
commenting that the parents let their son
drive before he turned 18 and without a
license.
The juvenile court said the car had immense
horsepower and "had higher potential of
causing accidents if used by a novice." Given
the boy's antecedents, it said, he was a
potential menace not only to pedestrians and
other drivers but also to himself and others in
his car.
The order takes note of an accident just
weeks before in February, which was settled
out of court, and observes that the boy "also
put forged signature on settlement paper to
avoid further detection."
The boy was out celebrating with his friends
after his Class 12 exams when he allegedly
rammed marketing consultant Sidharth
Sharma, driving at a speed of over 80 km an
hour. The 32-year-old was flung in the air
with the impact. The teen allegedly
abandoned the car and ran away with his
friends.