Bihar court rejects bail plea of Rocky Yadav's father, sends Manorama Devi to 14-day judicial remand

A local Gaya court on 24 May rejected the bail petition of Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav, the father of Rocky Yadav - who is the prime accused in the murder of teenager Aditya Sachdeva.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Om Sagar rejected the bail petition of Yadav after hearing out the prosecution and defence.

His counsel Satya Narayan Singh and Qaiser Sarfuddin pleaded that Bindeshwari - the husband of suspended JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi - had been booked for alleged destruction of evidence and not for murder and for that he should be granted bail.

District Prosecution Officer Triloki Nath Mishra opposed the bail petition.

Yadav was arrested on 8 May - along with his wife's bodyguard, Rajesh Kumar - for allegedly helping the accused escape. Rocky Yadav allegedly shot dead 19-year-old Aditya Sachdeva for overtaking his vehicle near police lines in Gaya district on 7 May. Rocky was arrested on 10 May from his father's mixer plant located at Mastpura village.

Meanwhile, District and Session Judge Sajal Mandalwar on 24 May sought the case diary and proceedings of a lower court (ACJM court) in connection with the bail plea of Manorama Devi.

Manorama Devi was booked under the Excise Act after liquor bottles were recovered from her Gaya residence during a police raid. She went into hiding for a few days after the raid before surrendering in a court on 17 May last.

Manorama Devi's counsel Satya Narayan Singh and Qaiser Sarfuddin pleaded with the court for bail for their client on the grounds that she did not drink or was caught drinking by the police during raid at her residence.

The court had sent her to 14 days judicial remand.