DHNS
Udupi, Jul 22: District and Session Court Judge K N Phaneendra, on Monday, rejected the bail plea of Atul Rao, who has been arrested in connection with the death of MLA Raghupathy Bhat’s wife Padmapriya.
Padmapriya was found dead in an apartment in Delhi.
The bail was rejected on the grounds of safety of the accused, citing the example of the one Gopi who was shot dead soon after he came out on bail in the Ronny murder case in 2005.
The Court observed that Atul will be safe in the judicial custody than outside