Delhi court rejects bail plea of accused in Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case

Rohini court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of Ashutosh Bhardwaj in view of gravity and sensitivity of allegations against him and the investigation at the initial stage in the Kanjhawala hitanddrag case Also in view of the case is exclusively triable by the court of sessionsMetropolitan magistrate Sanya Dalal rejected the bail application in view of the submissions of the Special Public Prosecutor for Delhi Police and allegations levelled against the accused AshutoshAlso read Woman financier killed buried in Delhi graveyard three arrestedThe court noted the submissions of the Special Public Prosecutor SPP that the investigation is at the initial stage and the role of each accused has to be ascertainedEarlier the court reserved an order on the bail plea of Ashutosh after hearing the submissions of Delhi police and defence counsel His counsel said the accused was not in the car at the time of the incidentDelhi police stated that he misled and harboured the other accused persons He also did not inform the police despite being under legal compulsionAdvocate Shilpesh Chaudhary counsel for Ashutosh Bhardwaj submitted before the court that there are videos which show that the applicant was at his home at the time of the incidentAdvocate Chaudhary submitted as per the video at 1230 AM Ashutosh was with his neighbour on the night of January 1 Another video is of Ankush who called Ashutosh at 423 AM The next video is in which Ashutosh was going with him Chaudhary submittedChaudhary also submitted that the in the media a video is running in which Ashutosh and Ankush are standing with the Auto and argued that Deepak had come with an auto Thereafter the car cameAdvocate Chaudhary also submitted that there is a video of 438 AM in which Ashutosh could be seen sitting in the car and going to park it His GPS location and his CDR also prove that he was at his home and not in the car the counsel submittedThe counsel submitted that Ashutosh uses an iPhone which records the live location According to the phones live location Ashutosh was at homeThe only allegations against him are under 212 201 120B Part and these are bailable in nature Chaudhary saidHe also said that Ashutosh was not in the car when the offence was committed Another accused Ankush is on bail he saidSpecial public prosecutor SPP Atul Srivastava said Before the stage of charge the document cant be produced by the defence The authenticity of this video cant be established as these are without section 65B of the Evidence Act certificateSPP Srivastava also submitted We never said he Ashutosh was in the car Our stand is that he provided his vehicle to a person who was not authorised to driveHe did not inform the police regarding the accident for which he was under legal compulsion He didnt inform the police about the incident despite having knowledge SPP saidHe also submitted that Deepak was driving the car Actually Amit was driving the car His conduct from the beginningWhy did you bring the wrong person as the driver of the car SPP arguedHe also informed the court that the investigation on IPC section 304 culpable homicide not amounting to murder is still going onAshutoshs lawyer Chaudhary contended that on the last hearing the investigating officer IO had submitted that Ankush was the person who said that Deepak was driving the carEither the IO earlier told lie or he is lying today he arguedSPP also said that there may be some miscommunication The IO had said that both Ankush and Ashutosh misled the investigationWhen Ashutosh was not booked under IPC section 304 then how a case under IPC section 120B criminal conspiracy was registered against him Choudhary argued We are investigating the case SSP saidWhat is the purpose of keeping him in custody How I am responsible for others actions said Ashutoshs lawyerAshutosh Bhardwaj is one of the accused in the Kanjhawala case A total of seven persons including the five occupants of the car have been arrested in connection with the caseThe incident was reported on January 1 New Years day A 20yearold Anjali Sing was found dead on the street with her clothes torn off allegedly after being hit and dragged by a car driven by five youths in Outer Delhis Khanjawala areaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever