Ayodhya court rejects bail pleas of three accused in temple theft

…Mr. Singh said the defence argued that the provisions relating to corruption and criminal breach of trust by a public servant invoked in the case did not apply to the accused as they were not government employees. " The defence argued that if these two provisions, which it claimed had been wrongly invoked by police, were removed, the remaining offences carried a maximum punishment of seven years and the accused could be granted bail in the absence of any special circumstances ," he said. “The lawyer also submitted that the police had so far failed to file the chargesheet in the case, but the court rejected the bail applications after hearing the arguments,” he said. Mr. Singh said the bail…