A Delhi court on Sunday denied bail to a woman accused of stealing bags, laptops and iPads from the Delhi High Court..Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Paras Dalal of the Patiala House Court said that the allegations against the accused Bala Saraswati are serious in nature, and therefore, ordered that she be sent to judicial custody till August 26.“Having considered the seriousness of the allegations, this court deems it appropriate to commit the accused to judicial custody since the apprehension of the IO [Investigating Officer] is true that once released on bail, the accused may abscond and even threatened the witness or indulge in similar offence vide same modus operandi,” the order stated.The Court took note of the CCTV footage of one such incident in which Saraswati can be spotted walking away with a bag. It rejected Saraswati’s contention that the woman seen in the footage is not her. .The incident came to light on July 10 when the bag of a law intern kept outside the courtroom, was stolen. It had a laptop and an iPad in it. The Court was told that the woman is accused in at least one more similar case and that she may be involved in other such instances as well.The police further said that Saraswati has been non-cooperative and had failed to join the investigation. She was earlier sent to police custody for a day. .Advocate Praveen Kumar appeared for the State.Advocates Prabhav Ralli and Stuti appeared for the complainant.Advocate Abhishek appeared for the accused..[Read Order]
A Delhi court on Sunday denied bail to a woman accused of stealing bags, laptops and iPads from the Delhi High Court..Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Paras Dalal of the Patiala House Court said that the allegations against the accused Bala Saraswati are serious in nature, and therefore, ordered that she be sent to judicial custody till August 26.“Having considered the seriousness of the allegations, this court deems it appropriate to commit the accused to judicial custody since the apprehension of the IO [Investigating Officer] is true that once released on bail, the accused may abscond and even threatened the witness or indulge in similar offence vide same modus operandi,” the order stated.The Court took note of the CCTV footage of one such incident in which Saraswati can be spotted walking away with a bag. It rejected Saraswati’s contention that the woman seen in the footage is not her. .The incident came to light on July 10 when the bag of a law intern kept outside the courtroom, was stolen. It had a laptop and an iPad in it. The Court was told that the woman is accused in at least one more similar case and that she may be involved in other such instances as well.The police further said that Saraswati has been non-cooperative and had failed to join the investigation. She was earlier sent to police custody for a day. .Advocate Praveen Kumar appeared for the State.Advocates Prabhav Ralli and Stuti appeared for the complainant.Advocate Abhishek appeared for the accused..[Read Order]
