A women’s special court here on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to senior IPS officer Sunil Paraskar in the rape case filed against him by a city-based model, after holding that his custodial interrogation in the case.
Granting relief to 57-year-old Paraskar on an application for anticipatory bail filed by on July 25, Special judge Judge Vrushali Joshi noted: “Custodial interrogation is not necessary. The anticipatory bail application is allowed”.
Acting on a complaint lodged by the model with them, the Malwani police had on July 18 registered an FIR against Paraskar under sections 376(2) (rape by a police officer), 376(C) (intercourse by superintendent of jail, etc) and 354(D) (stalking). A week later, Paraskar moved the special court seeking an anticipatory bail.
The victim model’s lawyer Chitra Salunke opposed Paraskar’s anticipatory bail plea, saying that in the event of the accused police officer getting arrest, more women would muster courage to complaint against him.
In her police complaint, the 26-year-old model had accused Paraskar of misusing his office and abusing her sexually in a bungalow at Madh in north Mumbai and a flat in Navi Mumbai.
The model had stated that she had met Paraskar, when was the ACP (Mumbai north) in April 2013.