Court reserves order on bail plea

A sessions court has reserved until June 23 its order on the bail plea of Kaizad Gustad and his associates.

A sessions court on Tuesday reserved until June 23 its order on the bail plea of incarcerated director Kaizad Gustad and his two assistants, arrested in connection with the accidental death of young director Nadia Khan.

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Opposing their bail plea, prosecutor RV Kini argued that investigations were incomplete and the accused might tamper with evidence if granted liberty as they are influential persons in the society.

Advocates Usha Purohit and Rajendra Shirodkar, appearing behalf of Nadia's family, supported the prosecution's argument that the accused might hamper probe if granted liberty.

Urging for bail, lawyers for Gustad and his colleagues, Satish Maneshinde and Sayaji Nangre, argued that the accused had been wrongly booked for the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Earlier, a magistrate had rejected twice the bail petitions of Gustad and his assistants Ashish Udeshi and Hadley D'Mello on the ground that their release at this juncture would hamper the probe.

They are facing the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the case of Nadia who was knocked down by a speeding train at Mahalaxmi railway station during shooting of film Mumbai Central on May 25.

In a related development, principal judge RR Vachha rejected on June 19 the anticipatory bail plea of CG Ashokan, station master of Mahalaxmi railway station.

He is likely to be arrested on charges of failure to report Nadia's accident to police although he was on duty at the relevant time.