Ramani’s lawyers, including advocate Lalit Shahi urged to the court of additional sessions judge MN Gadkari to grant their client protection against arrest as, they argued, the case of sexual assault was an attempt to settle old scores.
By: Express News Service | Rajkot | Published:January 20, 2016 9:38 pm
THE DISTRICT and sessions court of Rajkot on Wednesday reserved order for two days on anticipatory bail application moved by city builder Kamlesh Ramani who is facing arrest for allegedly raping a woman, after both parties completed their argument on Wednesday.
Ramani’s lawyers, including advocate Lalit Shahi urged to the court of additional sessions judge MN Gadkari to grant their client protection against arrest as, they argued, the case of sexual assault was an attempt to settle old scores.
“The complainant says that the said rape was committed on December 26, 2015 but she filed a police complaint only on January 2, 2016. In the meantime, the woman had approached Ramani’s wife Rasila and demanded Rs20 lakh and threatened to expose the Ramani if she was not paid. Rasila had given an application to Women’s Police Station in this respect on December 12. This suggests that the case is of dubious nature and our applicant should be given anticipatory bail,” Shahi told The Indian Express after hearing of the application.