The District and Sessions Court here on Tuesday rejected the bail application of Ishwar Chandra Behera, accused of passing secret information related to the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur to an ISI agent in Kolkata.
The Court after hearing the petition on Monday had reserved the verdict.
During hearing, Behera’s counsel argued that the Crime Branch has failed to submit a chargesheet against Behera even after 120 days of his arrest and there was no base to the allegations levelled against his client.
On the other hand, the Government prosecutor opposed the bail plea while mentioning about the instance of money transfer to Behera’s bank accounts from abroad and passing secret defence-related information to the ISI agent.
On January 23, Behera, who was working as a photographer at the ITR, had been arrested on the charge on January 23.