In May 2024, a speeding Porsche car allegedly being driven by an influential builders teenage son fatally hit and killed two IT professionals in Pune.

Two years on, the hope for justice is fading for families of the victims in the Pune Porsche case in which two IT professionals lost their lives in the Maharashtra city after being fatally hit by a luxury car which was allegedly being driven by a 17-year-old boy under the influence of alcohol.

Victims of the incident that took place in Kalyani Nagar area on May 19, 2024 were identified as Ashwini Koshta and Anish Awadhiya.

Ashwini’s mother Mamata Koshta, expressing despair over the probe, said it feels like the law is only for common public and not for the powerful. “It’s been two years, but nothing has happened… we are awaiting justice and those who killed by daughter are out on bail.”

“It is extremely painful… my daughter is no more. Those monsters are yet to be punished. They are roaming freely. It feels like the law is only strict for ordinary people, while influential people can escape punishment easily. But normal people like us don’t get heard at all,” she said, speaking to PTI news agency.

The Supreme Court in March this year granted bail to the father of the minor alleged to have been driving the Porsche car under the influence of alcohol.

A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan granted bail to minor’s father, one of Pune’s most prominent builders, who is accused of hatching a conspiracy to swap blood samples of the minor to ensure the occupants of the car get a ‘Nil Alcohol’ report.

“We are forced to keep faith somehow, because there is no other hope left that we will ever get justice. At the very least, the hearing should have started by now. We had even applied for a fast-track hearing, but nothing has happened regarding that either,” said Ashwini’s mother on Tuesday.

Ashwini’s father Suresh Koshta said, “Today, two full years have passed. But we still have not received justice. Instead, those people who were in jail have now been granted freedom. The judiciary granted them bail saying that since the trial had not begun yet and the charges had still not been framed, they could not be kept in jail for so long. So, they were released on bail.

‘Is this beti bachao beti padhao’
Ashwini’s father said the accused will roam freely while they are the ones suffering endlessly and even raised a question for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing his ‘beti bachao beti padhao’ goal.