A Nashik court on Monday declined to grant interim relief to Nida Ejaz Khan, one of the accused in the TCS Nashik BPO religious conversion and sexual harassment case.

The criminal bail application was filed by Khan on April 18 through advocates Baba Sayyad and Rahul Kasliwal. 

Khan also sought interim protection from arrest till pendency of the anticipatory bail application.

The same was rejected by the District Judge KG Joshi at the Additional District Court, Nashik Road.

The plea will now be heard finally on April 27.

Khan moved the court for protection from arrest even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted for the case, continues to look for her. 

The case involves allegations that various accused persons sexually harassed women employees of TCS and made attempts to convert them to Islam. In all, eight accused – six men and two women, including a Pune‑based operations manager – have been named.

Seven have been arrested by the police. The arrested accused are Shafi Shaikh, Asif Ansari, Tausif Attar, Shahrukh Qureshi, Raza Memon, Danish Shaikh and Ashwini Chainani, the operations / human resources manager. 

Nida is the only accused yet to be arrested. She is named in only one FIR, which alleges that she made derogatory references to Hindu deities.

In her plea, Khan has sought anticipatory bail on the ground of her pregnancy. 

She has also claimed there has been a delay in lodging the FIR.