Court rejects bail plea of four in JNU violence case

A Delhi court dismissed the bail plea of four men,who were arrested for allegedly molesting girl students in JNU campus,saying the police probe was still at an initial stage.

A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of four men,who were arrested for allegedly molesting girl students in JNU campus,saying the police probe was still at an initial stage.

Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Singh took into account the facts that the investigation in the matter was at a nascent stage and the statements of the victims were to be recorded.

All the four,Nitin Kapoor,Gagan Kumar,Ankit Nanda and Amit Chauhan,apprehended by the police on November 22,had moved the bail application on Monday.

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During the bail plea arguments,senior advocate Ramesh Gupta and counsel Sulaiman Mohd Khan contended that the charge of outraging the modesty of a woman was a bailable offence.

They also argued that the charge of making a trespass was not made out as the accused did not enter any classroom or hostel.

The prosecutor,on the other hand,opposed their plea on the grounds that the police were yet to record the versions of the girl students who were allegedly molested by the four in an intoxicated state.

Meanwhile,the court extended the judicial custody of all four accused by 14 days.

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