Pune Porsche Accident: Bail Rejected for Builder Father, Suspended Sassoon Hospital Doctors

Pune, 17th December 2025: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday declined to grant bail to the father of the 17-year-old boy accused in the high-profile Porsche Taycan crash case, two suspended doctors from Sassoon General Hospital, and five other accused allegedly involved in tampering with blood samples to shield the minor driver.

Special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray told the court that detailed arguments on the bail applications were heard over six consecutive days before a bench led by Justice Shyam Chandak. “After hearing all sides, the court pronounced the operative order rejecting the bail pleas. The detailed judgment will be uploaded on the High Court’s official website in due course,” Hiray said.

Besides the minor’s father, a well-known builder, bail was sought by Dr Ajay Taware, former head of the forensic sciences department at Sassoon Hospital, and Dr Shrihari Halnor, the hospital’s then chief medical officer. Both doctors are currently under suspension. The other applicants included alleged middlemen Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad, accused of facilitating monetary transactions, the fathers of the two other minors who were in the car at the time of the crash, and a friend of one of those fathers who allegedly provided his blood sample to replace that of a minor.

The case stems from the fatal accident that occurred around 2.30 am on May 19 last year in Pune’s Kalyaninagar area, where a Porsche Taycan rammed into a motorcycle, killing two young software engineers. According to police, the teenage boy was driving the car after returning from late-night partying at pubs in the Mundhwa area and was heading home to Wadgaonsheri.

Investigators have alleged a larger conspiracy in which the minor driver’s blood sample was replaced with that of his mother to conceal alcohol consumption. Police have further claimed that the blood samples of the two other minors present in the car were swapped with samples taken from a spare parts shop owner and a jeweller, allegedly in exchange for money.

Hiray argued that the offences involved serious fraud and deliberate interference with the justice system. “Our submission was that the accused committed a fraud on the court through a well-planned conspiracy involving the forging of crucial evidence. The gravity of the offence cannot be diluted merely on the basis of the period spent in custody,” he said. He also contended that the accused belong to influential and financially well-off backgrounds and could potentially influence witnesses if released on bail.

Of the nine accused in the case, suspended Sassoon Hospital mortuary staffer Atul Ghatkamble did not move a bail application. The minor’s mother, who allegedly provided her blood sample for substitution, was earlier granted bail by the Supreme Court.