A city court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of BSP MP Dhananjay Singh, who along with his wife Jagriti Singh was chargesheeted in connection with the murder of their domestic help, saying he can influence the witnesses. Additional Sessions Judge lokesh Kumar Sharma rejected the plea of Dhananjay, a sitting BSP MP from Jaunpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh, on the ground that he is an influential person and can influence the witnesses in the case, if released on bail. The Delhi Police said it would file a supplementary charge sheet in the case giving viscera report of the deceased and some other forensic evidence in the case.
The court, which was scheduled to commence hearing arguments on framing of charges against Dhananjay and Jagriti, fixed the matter for March 21 after the defence counsel said they will advance arguments after going through the supplementary chargesheet. Advocate SPM Tripathi, who appeared for Dhananjay, had sought bail for his client, saying the charge sheet has already been filed in the case and the probe was also complete so there was no need to keep the MP in custody.