Mercedes Hit-And-Run: Boy's Parents Couldn't Care Less, Says Board

New Delhi: Rejecting bail for a Class 12 student accused of killing a man in Delhi with his father's Mercedes, a juvenile court today said he is a repeat offender on whom fines have failed to have any "reformative effect" and his parents "couldn't care less".

The Juvenile Justice Board's order reportedly says the boy's parents "seem to have scant regard for the law and they have instilled the same approach in the mind of their son."

NDTV has accessed details of the order, in which the two-member board notes that the teen has a history of traffic violations before the accident on April 4.

"For long, parents of the juvenile have promoted his habit of driving cars. It doesn't matter if they knew their son was getting challaned (fined) repeatedly," the order says, commenting that the parents let their son drive before he turned 18 and without a license.

The juvenile court said the car had immense horsepower and "had higher potential of causing accidents if used by a novice." Given the boy's antecedents, it said, he was a potential menace not only to pedestrians and other drivers but also to himself and others in his car.

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The order takes note of an accident just weeks before in February, which was settled out of court, and observes that the boy "also put forged signature on settlement paper to avoid further detection."

The boy was out celebrating with his friends after his Class 12 exams when he allegedly rammed marketing consultant Sidharth Sharma, driving at a speed of over 80 km an hour. The 32-year-old was flung in the air with the impact. The teen allegedly abandoned the car and ran away with his friends.

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