Nitesh Rane’s anticipatory bail plea rejected by Bombay High Court

The anticipatory bail plea filed by Union Minister Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh Rane was dismissed by the Bombay High Court on Monday. Rane had filed a pre-arrest bail software in in search of reduction from coercive motion in opposition to him in an attempt-to-murder grievance filed in opposition to him in Kankavli.
Nitesh Rane, who stays within the information for his robust stances in opposition to the MVA authorities, was accused as the principle conspirator behind an alleged attempt-to-murder incident in opposition to a Shiv Sena social gathering member which reportedly came about in December 2021. According to the grievance filed, Santosh Parab (44) was travelling on a motorbike when an Innova automobile with out a quantity plate hit him. According to Parab, an individual got here out of the automobile and stabbed him. He additionally heard one of many conspirators saying. “Should inform Gotya Sawant and Nitesh Rane.”
However, Rane in his bail plea has pointed that he has been falsely implicated within the case stating a political intent behind the grievance. A periods court docket in Sindhudurg had earlier rejected Rane’s anticipatory bail plea, after which he approached the Bombay High Court. According to Rane, a political conspiracy is being hatched in opposition to him for his alleged mocking of Environment Minister Aditya Thackrey through the Winter Assembly session.
Advocate Niteen Pradhan argued earlier than the Judge that the FIR registered in opposition to Rane was with the intention of stopping his participation within the Sindhudurg Co-operative Bank district elections that have been to be held on December 30, 2021. He added that Rane had been cooperating with the continuing investigation and had appeared earlier than the police for recording his statements.
Opposing the plea, particular counsel Sudeep Pasbola knowledgeable that Rane had met together with his affiliate Sachin Satpute to indicate a photograph of Sachin Parab, the sufferer within the case. Parab, the Shiv Sena member from Kankavli had been allegedly badmouthing Rane and his household. Following this, Rane had allegedly requested Satpute to assault Parab in order to terrorise him from talking in opposition to his household. According to Pasbola, Nitesh Rane alongside together with his affiliate Satpute tried to threaten Parab to chorus him from talking in opposition to his household.
Pasbola additional knowledgeable that the telephones of Satpute, the alleged co-accused who earlier was arrested by the Delhi Police have been seized and he’s ready for the forensic report. He argued that there was sufficient proof in opposition to Rane to substantiate the case and requested Rane’s custody to finish the investigation. He concluded by saying, ”Such sorts of individuals who’ve repeatedly indulged in these sorts of crime to create terror within the thoughts of individuals, don’t deserve indulgence and discretion of the court docket.”
Nitesh Rane is a BJP MLA from Kankavli, Sindhudurg.