Mumbai: A Mumbai court today sent Vikas
Sachdev, arrested for allegedly molesting a teenage Bollywood
actor aboard a flight, to judicial custody till December 22.
He was produced before the Dindoshi court in suburban
Malad after his two-day police custody ended.
The police sought his further custody, saying statements
of passengers and the victim were yet to be recorded.
However, Sachdev's lawyer Harvinder Singh Anand opposed
extension of his client's police custody saying he cooperated
with the police in the investigation and that there was no
evidence that he tried to hamper the probe.
After hearing the arguments, the court sent the accused
to judicial custody till December 22.
Sachdev also moved an application for bail, which will be
heard on December 15.
The bail plea said the arrest of the accused was illegal
on the ground that he was not aware of the FIR lodged by the
victim at the time of his arrest, nor was he served any notice
under the Criminal Procedure Code to appear before the police.
The actor, during the flight, never complained about the
alleged incident to the crew or filed any complaint upon
landing at the airport, it contended, calling her allegations
an afterthought.
Sachdev was arrested on Sunday for allegedly molesting
the film actor on board a Delhi-Mumbai flight.
The 17-year-old actor, in an Instagram post, said the
passenger sitting behind her was rubbing his foot against
her back and neck while she was half-asleep.
PTI
