Chaddha moves court for bail, Kanda’s plea rejected
21 Sept 2012 8:21 AM IST
Aruna Chaddha, an accused in former flight attendant Geetika Sharma’s suicide case, on Thursday moved a bail application in the Delhi High Court.
The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Friday. Chaddha, 40, was an official of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked.
She sought bail saying that she had a seven-year-old daughter and old parents to look after. Chaddha pleaded to the court that she was the sole bread earner of her family.
‘Applicant [Chaddha] has old and ailing parents [father 71 years and mother 63 years] and both are suffering from heart and other ailments,’ the plea said.
She claimed that the material collected by police did not show that she was involved in abetting Geetika’s suicide.
‘The bare perusal of the FIR [first information report] and the material collected by the investigating agency does not show that the applicant is involved in any manner in the abetment of suicide or its conspiracy.’
Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who employed Chaddha and Geetika, is the prime accused in the case.
Geetika, 23, in her suicide notes accused Kanda and Chaddha of harassing her and forcing her to commit suicide. She died on the night of 4-5 August at her house in New Delhi. Both Kanda and Chaddha have denied the allegations.
Charges of criminal intimidation and abetment to suicide were slapped on Kanda and Chaddha over the suicide. The trial court on 7 September rejected Chaddha’s bail plea. She was arrested on 8 August and has been in judicial custody since then.
Meanwhile, former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of his employee and former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, was denied bail by a Delhi court on Thursday.
District and Additional Sessions Judge S K Sarvaria dismissed the bail application of Kanda as the police opposed it. The application was moved on Wednesday. Kanda and his employee Aruna Chaddha, a former official of the defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked, are in judicial custody till 25 September.
The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Friday. Chaddha, 40, was an official of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked.
She sought bail saying that she had a seven-year-old daughter and old parents to look after. Chaddha pleaded to the court that she was the sole bread earner of her family.
‘Applicant [Chaddha] has old and ailing parents [father 71 years and mother 63 years] and both are suffering from heart and other ailments,’ the plea said.
She claimed that the material collected by police did not show that she was involved in abetting Geetika’s suicide.
‘The bare perusal of the FIR [first information report] and the material collected by the investigating agency does not show that the applicant is involved in any manner in the abetment of suicide or its conspiracy.’
Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who employed Chaddha and Geetika, is the prime accused in the case.
Geetika, 23, in her suicide notes accused Kanda and Chaddha of harassing her and forcing her to commit suicide. She died on the night of 4-5 August at her house in New Delhi. Both Kanda and Chaddha have denied the allegations.
Charges of criminal intimidation and abetment to suicide were slapped on Kanda and Chaddha over the suicide. The trial court on 7 September rejected Chaddha’s bail plea. She was arrested on 8 August and has been in judicial custody since then.
Meanwhile, former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of his employee and former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, was denied bail by a Delhi court on Thursday.
District and Additional Sessions Judge S K Sarvaria dismissed the bail application of Kanda as the police opposed it. The application was moved on Wednesday. Kanda and his employee Aruna Chaddha, a former official of the defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked, are in judicial custody till 25 September.
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