India, Aug. 13 -- The Pune Police have filed an appeal before the sessions court against the Juvenile Justice Board's (JJB) July 15 order which rejected their plea to try the drunk 17-year-old Porsche Taycan driver as an adult in the May 19, 2024 accident that killed two young IT professionals in Kalyaninagar.

DCP (Crime) Nikhil Pingale confirmed that the Pune district collector, representing the state government, granted the police permission to move the appeal on July 31. "We filed the application on August 4 after the district collector gave us permission for the same."

"We have challenged the Juvenile Justice Board's order on the grounds that it is illegal and arbitrary. Given the gravity of the offence and the accused's age, 17 yea...