A local court Thursday rejected the bail plea of golfer Jyoti Randhawa and another person arrested last month on poaching charges in Motipur range of Katarniyaghat.

Therefore, the matter was posted in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Navneet Kumar Bharti who rejected Randhawa's bail application, counsel for the Forest Department, Suresh Yadav said.

The next date of hearing has been fixed on January 14.

The sessions court had also on Monday rejected the interim bail application of the golfer and his friend, and had fixed January 10 for hearing their regular bail application.

Randhawa and his friend Mahesh Virajdar were arrested on December 26 on poaching charges. A vehicle bearing a Haryana registration number along with a firearm and other

equipment were found in their possession.

The duo was produced before magistrate Shikha Yadav who had remanded them in judicial custody for 14 days.

Randhawa, an ace golfer, was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009.

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