Accused in Sultanpuri hit-and-drag case gets bail
Hindustan TimesA Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Ashutosh Bhardwaj, one of the suspects arrested for the Sultanpuri accident case, observing that the allegations against him — harbouring other suspects and wiping evidence — came forth only after the alleged crime took place. produced by the investigating agency to show any prior meeting of minds of accused/ applicant Ashutosh with the other co-accused persons to commit the act before he received the alleged call from co-accused Ankush at 4.56am.” The court granted bail on the execution of a personal bond of ₹50,000 along with one surety of the same amount. The court also imposed conditions for the bail, including that Bhardwaj not threaten any person related to the case, not tamper with evidence and not leave the country without the trial court’s permission. The court had on Monday reserved its order on Bhardwaj’s bail plea after hearing the submissions of special public prosecutor Atul Srivastava appearing for the state and advocates Shilpesh Chaudhary and Himanshu Yadav appearing for Bhardwaj.