DIWAKAR SHARMA diwakar. sharma@ mid- day. com RE u0090 ECTING the bail application of . u20ac - year- old stock trader, Pintoo Sharma, who was jailed early last year for killing Mira Road resident Ganesh Koladkar and chopping his body into pieces, additional sessions judge . of Vasai sessions court, A U Kadam, said that if the accused was released at this stage, then the possibility of tampering with prosecution evidence could not be ruled out. Assistant public prosecutor, K M Khandagale took strong objection to Sharmau2019s application and said that the prosecution case was based on strong circumstantial evidence.
In the bail application, defence counsel, Siddhesh Naik, had told court, u2018 There is no direct evidence against Sharma. The investigating agency has not shown that the pieces of flesh found from the spot were of the deceased.u201d Naik told the court that the accused had not taken the said flat in Virar on rent. u201c It was in possession of the deceased ( Koladkar). He ( Sharma) used to go there to meet him. He has been unnecessarily roped in the case with false allegations,u201d he added.
However, Khandagale said, u201c Electronic evidence have been brought on record. The investigating agency has collected tissues from the bathroom and sent it for chemical analysis.u201d u201c The accused had purchased a u009d . - litre bucket, which was seized from the flat. A finger of the deceased was recovered from the drain where the other flesh pieces were found. The deceasedu2019s sister had identified a ring on the finger. Prima facie, the death of the deceased has been established,u201d added Khandagale.
Additional Sessions u0090 udge , Kadam said, u201c The possibility to falsely implicate the accused is too remote. There is absolute no scope at this stage to show that the accused has been mischievously roped in the case.u201d u201c At this stage, strong prima facie material showing the complicity of the present applicant/ accused is established by the prosecution.
The occurrence appears to be a pre planned act,u201d added Kadam.
Court rejects Pintoou2019s bail plea, says, u2018 evidence may be tampered withu2019 The 43- year- old stock trader had killed a Mira Road resident, chopped his body into pieces and fl ushed them down the drain mid- dayu2019s reports on the investigation in the case on February 3 and 4, 2019 VIRAR u001f MURDER
