The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to artist Chintan Upadhyay, nearly six years after he was arrested for the murder of his estranged...
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to artist Chintan Upadhyay, nearly six years after he was arrested for the murder of his estranged wife, artist Hema Upadhyay, and her lawyer, PTI reported.
The bodies of Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Harsh Bhambhani were found cut and wrapped in cardboard boxes and thrown in a drain in the northern Mumbai suburb of Kandivali on December 12, 2015. Chintan Upadhyay was arrested on December 22, 2015.
The other accused persons arrested in the case are Shiv Kumar Rajbhar, Pradip Kumar Rajbhar, Vijay Kumar Rajbhar and Azad Rajbhar. Another accused, Vidyadhar Rajbhar, is absconding.
Chintan and Hema Upadhyay had filed for divorce in 2010. The police have alleged that Vidyadhar Rajbhar, along with other accused, murdered Hema and her lawyer at her husband’s behest, because of the enmity due to the divorce proceedings, The Indian Express reported.
The Supreme Court on Friday noted that Chintan Upadhyay has been in jail for nearly six years. “The trial is in progress and 28 witnesses have been examined and 12 witnesses are yet to be examined,” a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai said, according to PTI.
The Supreme Court granted Upadhyay bail on the condition that he should live at any place besides Mumbai and should visit...
