Five accused in TCS Nashik case get bail in four FIRs

Police arrested eight former TCS employees across these cases.

3 min readMumbaiUpdated: Aug 3, 2026 02:23 AM IST

Multiple people have been arrested in the Nashik TCS case so far. (Express Photo)

In at least four FIRs registered in connection with the alleged sexual harassment at Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) Nashik office, a Nashik sessions court on July 30 granted bail to five accused men, noting that they had spent over three months in jail and that the investigation was nearly complete. Lawyers, however, said the accused will not be released as their bail applications are still pending in at least two other cases.

On July 30, bail was granted to five accused —Raza Memon, Shahrukh Qureshi, Asif Ansari, Shafi Shaikh and Tausif Attar, in four cases.

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“The accused are behind bars for over three months. The chargesheet is filed. Investigation is practically complete. There is no serious apprehension that the accused, if released on bail, would threaten the prosecution witnesses or tamper with the evidence,” Additional Sessions Judge A V Kharkar said in the July 30 order in one of the FIRs.

In that FIR, Raza Memon was accused of making objectionable remarks to a woman colleague and hurting her religious sentiments, while the four others were arrested for allegedly supporting Memon’s actions, according to the court order.

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Nine FIRs were registered by the Nashik Police, eight at Mumbai Naka police station and one at Deolali Camp police station, under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Police arrested eight former TCS employees across these cases. While some were named in only one FIR, others were named in multiple cases.

Lawyer Baba Sayyed, who represents some of the arrested accused, said most of them remain in jail as their bail applications are still pending in two cases. However, two women, Nida Khan and Ashwini Chainani, who were arrested in only one of the cases were released earlier after being granted bail.

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The prosecution opposed the men’s bail, arguing that the victims were subjected to a toxic work environment and sexual harassment because of the accused’s actions. The prosecutor also submitted that the acts of the accused amounted to an attempt to commit rape. However, the court noted that this charge was not invoked in the charge sheet.

In the other three FIRs as well, the court made similar observations before granting bail to the accused.

Another accused, Danish Shaikh, who was booked in a case alleging that he coerced a male colleague and made remarks hurting his religious sentiments, was granted bail on July 20. He, too, remains behind bars in another case.

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