A 24-year-old man arrested for impersonating a government official has filed a bail plea in Mumbai.
Reader brief
Through the Reader lens: Rohan Parikh was arrested in early September for allegedly attempting to access a restricted area using a fake ID card claiming to be a Prime Minister's Office official. He has filed a bail application, with his lawyer arguing that he lacks a criminal record and had no malicious intent during the incident. Parikh contends that he was unaware of any security restrictions at the location and that investigators have already collected necessary evidence from his electronic devices.
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Satish Maneshinde
1 quote“Parikh has no criminal antecedents and the FIR and remand applications do not attribute any malicious intention or specific overt act to him.”
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…Metropolitan Magistrate Court, claiming his continued detention is unwarranted. Parikh was arrested on Sept 5 and later remanded to judicial custody. Arguing for his bail, senior lawyer Satish Maneshinde argued that Parikh has no criminal antecedents and the FIR and remand applications do not attribute any malicious intention or specific overt act to him. Maneshinde also argued that while the police have alleged that he created certain documents, there is no allegation that the documents were used for any unlawful purpose. The applicant has further claimed he had…
Sources1
- [1]The Times of India — MumbaineutralMan arrested for posing as PMO official files bail plea