No relief for AAP MLA in attempt to murder case; to move Gujarat High Court for bail
Chaitar's advocates have said that the legislator will now move the Gujarat High Court for bail application.
Considering the arguments put forth by Public Prosecutor Jitendrasinh Gohil that Chaitar had been granted conditional bail in 2024 in a November 2023 FIR filed against him in an alleged case of assault of forest officers, the court rejected his bail plea on Monday.
Gohil had argued that Chaitar was granted conditional bail on the condition that he would not commit such a crime again. However, he has been booked in an FIR for the July 5 incident.
It was alleged that during the incident, Chaitar used unparliamentary language for a female leader present in the room.
Additional Sessions Judge AV Hirpara, in the order, said, 'Earlier too, (Chaitar) has been booked in 18 cases and sent to jail under PASA and even been sentenced to six months imprisonment in another case of physical assault. When he was let out on probation, he committed another crime, which has been brought on record… But the court orders and arguments presented by the lawyer of (Chaitar) are not substantiating his case… The audio video transcript submitted by the investigating officer, as well as the footage shown, indicates that government property and offices will be vandalised if he is not granted bail. It does not appear judicious to consider the application of the (Chaitar) at this stage…'
While the rejection of the bail plea means that Chaitar has returned to judicial custody, his advocate Suresh Joshi said, 'The entire argument of the prosecution against the bail plea was conducted with reliance on a video that was made viral by a local sarpanch to state that the arrest of Chaitar Vasava is an injustice to the tribal community. But, it seems to have gone against us. Since the court did not accept the submissions we made, we will move the High Court.'
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