Though the actual murder suspect has not been apprehended, the main accused Chintan has found it impossible to secure bail. Every time he moves court, police use the extra-judicial confession of Vidyadhar's mother to oppose his plea.

After being refused bail by various courts four times since 2016, jailed celebrity painter Chintan Upadhyay's lawyer Bharat Manghani told mid-day they may once again approach the Supreme Court. His last plea in SC was rejected in February this year after the prosecution asked for nine months for a trial. Chintan and two others have been imprisoned in the double murder of his wife Hema and her lawyer Harish Bhambani whose bodies were found bound and gagged inside a suitcase on December 11, 2015.