A Delhi court on Monday rejected the bail plea of BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case maintaining that she cannot be called a 'vulnerable' woman.
The court stated that K Kavitha has been instrumental in influencing witnesses and there is every likelihood of her continuing to do so in case the relief prayed for is granted.
"The applicant can, by no standards, be said to a vulnerable woman who could be made a scapegoat for committing the alleged offences. Rather, she is undoubtedly a well-educated and well-placed woman in the society,” the court added.
K Kavitha not only engaged in the destruction of material evidence by formatting her phones before joining the investigation, the court said.
On the basis of the material presented, the court found no substance in K Kavitha's lawyer's claim seeking her release so that she could take care of her child during his examinations.
The court observed that K Kavitha's child had an older sibling, his father and maternal aunts (mausis). Also,there is no apparent reason as to why these close relatives cannot provide the requisite moral support to the child during his examinations.
The argument that they cannot be a substitute for the mother to address the exam-related anxiety of the child is not a “compelling” reason to grant interim bail, the court further said.
Just last Monday, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court dismissed a plea by Kavitha seeking interim bail on grounds of her 16-year-old son's ongoing exams.
