A special MCOCA court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Vicky Gupta, who is the main accused in Bollywood actor Salman Khan‘s house shooting case, reported ANI.
Vicky Gupta was one of the shooters allegedly involved in firing outside actor Salman Khan’s Bandra house in April this year.
Hearing the bail plea, special judge for cases under MCOCA, BD Shelke, rejected it.
“The court rejected the bail plea of Vicky Gupta, the accused arrested in the case of firing at Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s house in Bandra,” said Advocate Amit Mishra.
The Mumbai Police had arrested Gupta and co-accused in the case Sagar Pal, after they opened fire while riding past on a motorcycle outside the film superstar’s Galaxy Apartments on 14 April.
In his bail please, Gupta – through lawyers Amit Mishra and Pankaj Ghildiyal – had claimed that he was influenced by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s persona as depicted in electronic, print and social media.
Gupta even mentioned that he was ‘magnetically attached to the principles followed by Lawrence Bishnoi’ since the latter is an ardent follower of Bhagat Singh.
Mumbai Police opposed bail:
Opposing the bail to Gupta, Mumbai Police appealed to the court that the crime was committed at the behest of Bishnoi through the jailed gangster’s syndicate.
They added that in case bail is granted, Gupta may inform Bishnoi about the probe conducted during his custody and evidence that is yet to be obtained may be destroyed.
Police also stated that it was Gupta who had purchased the motorcycle used in the crime at the behest of Bishnoi siblings Lawrence and Anmol.
Among others, in judicial custody include, Sonukumar Bishnoi, Mohd Rafiq Choudhary and Harpal Singh. While one accused, Anujkumar Thapan, allegedly committed suicide in custody.
According to the chargesheet filed by Mumbai police, Lawrence and Anmol Bishnoi have been shown as wanted accused.