The Bombay High Court has denied bail to a man arrested for the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in 2020, citing that mere delay in the trial for serious and grave offences cannot be a ground to grant bail.

A single bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar, in the order on April 18, said the accused was facing a serious offence, and hence, no case was made out for grant of bail on the ground of long incarceration.