The court noted that the woman was pregnant at the time of the incident and had delivered a baby earlier this month. The HC bench in the order passed on Tuesday said that her custodial interrogation was not necessary in the case
The Bombay High Court was hearing a case involving a couple who has been accused of assaulting and murdering a biker at Vakola in March. Representational pic
The Bombay High Court (HC) has granted pre-arrest bail to a woman in a road rage case that occurred two months in which a biker was beaten to death by her and her husband.
The court noted that the woman was pregnant at the time of the incident and had delivered a baby earlier this month, reported news agency PTI.
A vacation bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe, in the order passed on Tuesday, said that the woman's custodial interrogation was not necessary.
The accused, Anam Ansari and her husband Ahmed, have been booked by Mumbai Police for allegedly assaulting and murdering the biker, Omprakash Sharma, at Vakola in March.
While Ansari allegedly assaulted Sharma with her slipper, helmet, and hands, her husband purportedly attacked him with a concrete paver block found on the road, reported PTI.
Following the attack, Sharma was immediately taken to a hospital where he died a few days later.
According to Mumbai Police, the accused couple who were on their motorbike, got into a heated argument with the victim after he suddenly stopped in front of their vehicle.
Ahmed was arrested in the case and is currently in judicial custody.
According to PTI, the woman was 30 weeks pregnant at the time of the incident.
Her anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a sessions court in April, following which she moved the HC. Her advocate, Shekhar Singh, argued in the HC that the woman had delivered a child and the baby is now 25 days old, and so she should be granted relief.
According to PTI, the prosecution opposed the plea, claiming that while the paver block had been recovered, the slipper and the helmet used by the woman to assault the victim had not yet been seized. The prosecution also stated that the offence was serious. However, the court, in its order, noted that the woman had not absconded after the incident.
"Considering the nature of the allegations against the applicant (Anam Ansari) and the fact that she is now a mother of a 25-day-old baby and has no criminal antecedents, custodial interrogation of the applicant would not be required," the HC said.
The court further added that the woman's custody was not necessary just to recover the slipper and helmet allegedly used by her to assault the victim.
(With inputs from PTI)
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