BJP MLA Nitesh Rane moves Bombay High Court after lower court denies bail;
The Sessions Court; In Sindhudurg, Maharashtra denied his bail application today, observing that; custodial interrogation required in the attempt to murder case where he is an alleged conspirator.
Nitesh Rane, a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; has applied to the Bombay High Court for bail after a court in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra;denied his bail application in an attempted murder case.
The son of Union Minister Narayan Rane {BJP}; is accused of being the main conspirator behind a murder attempt on a Shiv Sena member;on December 18, 2021, in Maharashtra’s Kankavli region.
In his bail application; through Advocate Satish Maneshinde highlighted that;“this is a classic case of political vendetta or rivalry at the behest of the ruling dispensation against the applicant and his father.”
He prayed for bail on the following grounds:
- That the FIR filed solely to prevent Rane from; participating in the Sindhudurg Co-operative Bank district elections, which scheduled for December 30, 2021.
- The vital point in this case ; “cat-calling incident” outside Vidhan Bhawan involving State Cabinet Minister Aditya Thackeray and the son of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
- the complainant in the current case; a Shiv Sena party worker, was campaigning with Rane’s opponent in the district bank elections, which implying that; the case motivated by political vendetta and involved false implication.
- there is nothing on record to suggest that;if he is released on bail, he will abuse his liberty.
- That he has deep roots in society and has no intention of evading or fleeing justice.
- there is a third wave of the COVID pandemic; particularly in Maharashtra, and that detention would be detrimental to his health.
The current bail application was filed after; his bail application was denied by the District and Sessions Court in Sindhudurg today.
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