MUMBAI: Special Public prosecutor Vaibhav Bagade on Friday submitted a new application before a trial judge in Dindoshi sessions court for permission to produce call data records of absconding accused Vidhyadhar Rajbhar and another person, in connection with the 2015 case of double-murder of artist Hema Upadhyay and her advocate Haresh Bhambhani.
There were no witnesses who deposed on Friday. Artist Chintan Upadhyay, Hema’s husband, an accused in the case, through his defence counsel Bharat Manghani opposed the application to bring the CDR on record as evidence. He objected to the delay for filing these documents on record. The prosecution had these documents since the beginning and yet they withheld it, he argued saying it was an abuse of provisions of section 207 of the Criminal Procedure Code where the accused is required to be given the prosecution record including the FIR and witnesses statements, police report and any other documents it is relying on.
The Court adjourned the case to March 23, when it may decide on the application.
Vidyadhar was their art fabricator. There are four accused arrested and facing trial at present, including Chintan who was arrested for allegedly conspiring to have his estranged wife killed.