'We had some information about where he came from in India specifically.

'I'm confident that through international policing agencies and the Indian police and our government that we should be able to track him down.

'We'll continue until we find him.'

Hofstee's father Peter, who had come from Queensland for the hearing Thursday, said outside court it was extremely disappointing.

'He's in India, I think he's in India,' Hofstee was quoted as saying.

'I would certainly hope the Australian and Indian authorities cooperate to bring him back.

'We obviously indicated we were coming down (for the plea hearing), then they (prosecutors) came back to us to say that he had not been reporting in and they didn't know where he was.

'Subsequent investigations have found that he's flown out of the country.'

Puneet, who was a learner driver at the time of the crash, had pleaded guilty to culpable driving in February.

Police estimate he was travelling at almost 150km/h when he lost control in the 60km/h zone.