The 52-year-old father of another minor co-passenger, was also arrested earlier for giving his own blood sample to be swapped with his son. Among these 10 accused, except Ghatkamble, all have been granted bail by the Supreme Court at various times.DAYS after the mother of the accused driver in Porsche crash, accused of blood sample tampering, sought blood and viscera analysis reports of the victims Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta, the prosecution has opposed the demand calling it a “roving and fishing inquiry”. The prosecution has argued that at the stage of framing of charge, the accused is not entitled to seek documents the prosecution has not relied upon.The application was filed by the driver’s mother, who is in her early 50s, in the third week of May, at the time when the court is set to frame charges against the 10 accused including her who have been booked for criminal conspiracy, forgery, bribery and destruction of evidence in connection to the alleged cover-up and tampering of blood samples which took place at Sassoon General Hospital in the hours following the accident. The mother’s application stated, “The matter is currently posted for order as to framing of charge. Unless and until there is compliance of mandate under section 207 of CrPC, the entire trial of the accused will vitiate. Therefore, the accused by filing this application prays that this honourable court may direct the investigation agency to supply the conclusive forensic analysis of the blood reports and viscera of the victims to the accused before passing orders for framing of charge.”Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray filed his response on the application on Tuesday. Hiray submitted to the court, “It is submitted that at the stage of framing of charge, the accused is not entitled to seek production of unrelied documents from the prosecution. The scope of consideration at this stage is confined only to the material collected by the investigating agency and filed along with the charge-sheet under.”He further submitted, “The statutory scheme itself makes it abundantly clear that the accused’s right to seek production of defence documents arises at the appropriate stage of trial after framing of charge and not at the pre-charge stage. It is further submitted that permitting the accused to seek all unrelied documents at the pre-charge stage would amount to permitting a roving and fishing inquiry, which is impermissible in law. In the present case, all relied-upon documents forming part of the charge-sheet and complaint have already been supplied to the accused in accordance with law, and therefore no prejudice whatsoever is caused to the accused. Hence, it is most humbly prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to reject the present application filed by the accused.”At 2.30 am on May 19, 2024, two young IT engineers – Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta, both 24 and both from Madhya Pradesh – were killed when a speeding luxury car Porsche Taycan, allegedly driven by the inebriated 17-and-a-half-year-old from an influential Pune realtor family, rammed into their motorcycle at Kalyani Nagar junction.As the investigation had unfolded in the case, the police had arrested minor’s mother, realtor father, Dr Ajay Taware, then head of the forensic medicine of Sassoon hospital, Dr Shrihari Halnor, then casualty medical officer; Atul Ghatkamble, a staffer at the hospital’s morgue; and Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad, who acted as middlemen between the minor’s father and the doctors. These accused have been charged with tampering evidence, forgery, criminal conspiracy and corruption for swapping of blood samples. Pune police have also arrested and charged a 37-year-old man who had given his blood to be swapped with that of a minor co-passenger and along with the father of that co-passenger. The 52-year-old father of another minor co-passenger, was also arrested earlier for giving his own blood sample to be swapped with his son. Among these 10 accused, except Ghatkamble, all have been granted bail by the Supreme Court at various times. Sushant Kulkarni is a Special Correspondent with The Indian Express in Pune with 12+ years of experience covering issues related to Crime, Defence, Internal Security and Courts. He has been associated with the Indian Express since July 2010. Sushant has extensively reported on law and order issues of Pune and surrounding area, Cyber crime, narcotics trade and terrorism. His coverage in the Defence beat includes operational aspects of the three services, the defence research and development and issues related to key defence establishments. He has covered several sensitive cases in the courts at Pune. Sushant is an avid photographer, plays harmonica and loves cooking. ... Read MoreClick here to join Express Pune WhatsApp channel and get a curated list of our storiesTags:pune