On Tuesday, a Maharashtra court rejected anticipatory bail application of BJP lawmaker Nitesh Rane, son of Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane, in an attempted murder case.
As Rane's application is "premature", the grant of bail to him would hamper the ongoing investigation, and, taking all the facts and circumstances into account, he should be held in custody for interrogation.Judge R. B. Rote of Sindhudurg Additional Sessions Court further said that Rane is the subject of 11 criminal cases, including bribery and theft of public property. Two other accused are still at large, therefore he needs to be interrogated
Rane surrendered before the trial court in Sindhudurg and applied for regular bail in the matter after Maharashtra Police were ordered not to arrest him for 10 days in the case by the Supreme Court.
On January 17, the Bombay High Court declined to grant anticipatory bail to the two-time legislator Rane on various grounds after which he had moved the apex court.
Rane Jr. is charged for the alleged December 18, 2021, attack on a Shiv Sena activist Santosh M. Parab while campaigning for the Sindhudurg District Cooperative Bank polls on December 31, though the BJP leader has denied his involvement.