Kanjhawala death case: Court grants bail to Ashutosh

Delhis Rohini court on Tuesday granted bail to Ashutosh Bhardwaj an accused in the Kanjhawala hit and drag case The court while granting bail said his role started after the commission of the offenceAdditional Sessions Judge Sushil Bagla Dagar allowed the bail plea of Ashutosh Bhardwaj on furnishing bail bond of Rs 50000While opposing the bail plea Delhi police had argued that the case is a serious one and they are in the process of invoking section 302 murder in this caseThe accused was represented by Advocate Shilpesh Chaudhary and Himanshu YadavAlso read Delhi High Court dismisses plea challenging appointment of CJI ChandrachudThe magistrate court on January 12 dismissed the bail plea of Ashutosh in view of the gravity and sensitivity of the allegations against him and the investigation at the initial stage Also the case is exclusively triable by the court of sessionsAdditional Sessions Judge Sushil Bala Dagar on Monday reserved the order on the bail plea of Ashutosh BhardwajThe special public prosecutor SPP for Delhi Police Atul Srivastava vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that it is a serious matter We are in the process of invoking section 302 murder of IPCHe also submitted that the investigation is at a crucial stage we are in the process of adding a section of murder and some crucial witnesses are to be examined He can hamper the investigation if enlarged on bailDelhi police also said that the accused misled and harboured the other accused persons He also did not inform the police despite being under legal compulsionThe allegations of criminal conspiracy under Section 120B are also made out against the accusedOn the other hand Advocate Shilpesh Chaudhary counsel for Ashutosh argued that the accused was not in the car at the time of the incident Therefore he came in the picture after the commission of the offence Thus only section 120B Part 2 is made outAllegations against his client are bailable in nature he arguedThe only allegations against him are under 212 201120B Part 2 which are bailable in nature Chaudhary submittedAdvocate Chaudhary submitted before the court that there are videos CDR and Google location which show that the applicant was at his home at the time of the incident Another accused Ankush is on bailAdvocate Chaudhary on Thursday had submitted that there is a video of 438 am in which it is shown that the accused sat in the car and went to park the carThe counsel had submitted that Ashutosh uses an Apple phone which records the live location According to its live location he was at homeSPP Srivastava had also submitted that We never said he Ashutosh was in the car Our stand is that he provided his vehicle to a person who was not authorised for drivingHe 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 submittedIn this matter one accused has been granted bail on January 7 The five other accused are in judicial custodyThis 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