HC rejects Kohli's bail application

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Jharkhand High Court on Monday rejected the bail application of Ranjit Singh Kohli, one of the accused in National shooter Tara Shahdeo torture case, on the ground of allegations made by the victim in her statement recorded under section 164 of IPC that she was pressurised and sexually assaulted by the accused for not embracing Islam.

Besides that as least 10 injury reports were lodged in the case diary. National shooter Tara Shahdeo, while lodging an FIR with Hindpiri police station, had alleged that her husband Ranjit Singh Kohli alias Raqibul Hassan along with his mother Kaushal Rani tortured her after she refused to embrace Islam. National shooter Tara Shahdeo, in her statement registered in the court, had also apprehended that her estranged husband, Ranjeet Singh Kohli alias Raquibul Hassan had close contact with several politicians as well as the judicial officers, who were visiting their house very frequently.

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