PUNE, 2 AUG

The Bombay High Court has granted three-day temporary bail to an accused in the Pune Porsche car crash case on account of his father's death.

Aditya Avinash Sood was granted bail from 2 to 5 August by Justice Ashwin Bhobe on Friday.

The case dates back to 19 May last year when a speeding Porsche car, allegedly driven by an inebriated minor driver, ran over two motorcycle-borne IT professionals in Pune's Kalyaninagar area.

Aditya Sood was among the 10 arrested in connection with the swapping of blood samples to nullify alcohol tests of the juvenile driver.

As per the police, Aditya Sood's blood samples were replaced with those of his father. Among those arrested are doctors and staff of Sassoon General Hospital in Pune who allegedly played an active role in the blood-swapping process.

Advocate Abid Mulani, representing Aditya Sood, on Friday moved a 'praecipe' before the court seeking interim bail for his client for three days so that he could attend the funerary rituals of his father.

Mulani told the court Sood's father had suffered a heart attack on 27 July and died in a hospital on 1 August.

Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray told the court the prosecution has no objection if bail is granted to Sood.

The HC then granted bail to Sood on a PR bond of Rs 25,000.