VADODARA: The sessions court on Thursday
denied bail to Dr Pratik Joshi, who is accused of raping a married woman at his clinic in Angadh village near city.
Joshi was denied bail earlier too, but he sought applied again after police submitted a chargesheet against him in the court. Joshi had pleaded for bail claiming that he is innocent and he has been booked in the case only on suspicion. He also submitted that all allegations against him are false and baseless as he has not raped anyone.
Police, however, opposed Joshi’s bail by submitting an affidavit. Police told the court that if Joshi is released on bail, there could be a threat to complainant and witnesses. Cops also stated that Joshi has committed a grievous offence by raping a married woman and if released on bail, it will set a wrong principle in society. The court upheld the arguments of the police and turned down Joshi’s bail application.
Joshi and his compounder Dilip Gohil were booked at Nandesari police station in June after videos of the former getting intimate with several women went viral on social media. Joshi was nabbed by the police from Mahisagar after few days and gave complaint of abduction and extortion against Gohil and five others.
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