The bail plea filed by Nida Ejaz Khan, accused in the TCS Nashik BPO religious conversion and sexual harassment case, will be heard by a Nashik court on May 25. .Khan was arrested on May 7 from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after a sessions judge rejected her plea for anticipatory bail on May 2. She was remanded to judicial custody on May 11. She approached the court seeking bail on May 13..Additional Sessions Judge KG Joshi of the Nashik Road court sought response from the prosecution and posted the plea for hearing on May 25..Khan was arrested in the 2026 case that concerns allegations of sexually harassed women employees at TCS and attempted religious conversion. Eight persons (six men and three women) including an operations manager have been named in multiple FIRs registered at Deolali and Mumbai Naka police stations.The complaints include allegations of sexual harassment, outraging religious sentiments, threats, public humiliation, and adverse workplace reports, as well as sexually coloured remarks directed at women employees.The allegations against Khan include making derogatory references to Hindu deities..Khan filed for bail through advocates Rahul Kasliwal and Baba Sayyad on grounds including her pregnancy and delay in lodging the FIR.Her plea stated that Maharashtra did not have a law criminalising forced religious conversion and the offences alleged against her carry a maximum sentence of not more than seven years. .The other accused - Shafi Shaikh, Asif Ansari, Tausif Attar, Shahrukh Qureshi, Raza Memon, Danish Shaikh and Ashwini Chainani - are in judicial custody. Their bail applications are likely to be heard on May 20. .The State is being represented by SPP Misar who is leading a team of prosecutors including Kiran Bendbhar and Reshma Jadhav.Danish approached the court through advocate Umesh Walzade while Chainani moved the court through advocate Vijay Deshpande. The remaining accused are being represented by advocates Kasliwal and Sayyad.
