On 19 May 2024, Vedant Agarwal, aged 17 years, killed two motorbike riders in an automobile collision in the Kalyani Nagar neighbourhood of Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Media reports emphasised that Agarwal was driving an unregistered Porsche Taycan, considered a luxury vehicle, and that he had purchased and consumed alcohol before the incident.

[6][7] At 10:30 PM on 18 May 2024, Vedant Agarwal and a few of his friends entered Cosie Restaurant and Bar in Koregaon Park to celebrate his CBSE 12th Board Examination.

[8] After spending some time in the area, Vedant began driving towards his house under the influence of alcohol in an unregistered Porsche Taycan Turbo S owned by his father.

[1] Around 2:30 AM at Kalyani Nagar junction, he lost control of the car, which was speeding at around 200 kilometres per hour (124 mph),[9] and crashed into a motorcycle, killing two individuals named Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta.

[2][12] It is alleged that the police then provided preferential treatment to the minor as the charges against the teen were under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, which deals with drunk driving offences.

[3] Pune district collector Suhas Diwase even ordered the two pubs to be sealed after the state excise department submitted a report highlighting multiple lacunae in their functioning.

[21] On 22 May, the juvenile court cancelled the bail which had been granted and order the accused to be remanded till 5 June 2024 and was lodged at the Nehru Udyog Kendra Observation Home.

[22][2] On 24 May, against the growing protest for justice, Police Commissioner of Pune, Amitsh Kumar announced that they were making a watertight case, and that the allegation of preferential treatment was also being investigated by an ACP Rank officer.

[32] Later, the state women and child development (WCD) department conducted a probe into alleged irregularities after huge uproar over bail granted to the juvenile under lenient conditions.

[35] The decision of the court to award the accused bail, with its order to write a 300-word essay, sparked nation-wide outrage and debate over road safety.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis issued statements of condemnation expressing shock and surprise over the leniency of the Juvenile Justice Board in an incident which took two lives.

[36] Leaders such as Sanjay Raut from the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Supriya Sule from the Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar also raised questions over whether the Pune Police’s alleged leniency with the teenager was the result of political pressure.

It should be the same for everyone, for the rich and the poor.On 26 May 2024, Congress Youth Wing of Pune organised an essay writing competition on the spot of the car crash as a mark of protest.