Nothing on record to show accused harassed Darshan Solanki over caste: Court

Mere allegations in a suicide note would not be sufficient to draw conclusion that the accused has committed the offence of abetment a Mumbai court has said while granting bail to IIT Bombay student Arman Khatri arrested in connection with fellow student Darshan Solankis suicideThe court in its order on Saturday also said there is nothing on record to show that Khatri was harassing Solanki on the ground of caste discrimination or instigated the latter to commit suicideKhatri was arrested on April 9 Additional Sessions Judge A P Kanade granted him bail on Saturday The detailed order was available on WednesdaySolanki who hailed from Ahmedabad and was a firstyear student of the B Tech Chemical course died after allegedly jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building on the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay IITB in suburban Powai on February 12 a day after the semester exams endedAlso Read IIT Bombay suicide case Special court grants bail to student arrested on abetment chargesThree weeks later a special investigation team SIT of the Mumbai Police found a oneline note from Solankis room saying Arman has killed meAs per the police it also came to light that the applicant Khatri threatened to kill Solanki with a paper cutter after he had spoken offensively to the accused about his Muslim religionHowever Khatri in his bail plea claimed he had no connection with the alleged offence and he was arrested on suspicion after almost two months of the incidentThe court after hearing both the sides said perusal of papers on record reveals that the investigation officer recorded the statement of witnesses and seized a paper cutter at the instance of the accusedThose statements revealed the deceased had repeatedly apologised to the accused for his comment on the religion of the accusedSo far as the harassment to the deceased on the caste discrimination ground there is nothing on record to show that the applicantaccused was harassing the deceased on the ground of caste discrimination the court saidExcept one incident of showing the paper cutter to the deceased by the applicant there is nothing on record to show that the accused instigated deceased Darshan to commit suicide it saidOn the suicide note the court said except Khatris name there is no reference of any act or incident whereby the applicant herein is alleged to have committed any wilful act of omission or intentional aid or instigated deceased in committing act of suicideMere allegations in the suicide note that the applicant is responsible for his death would not be sufficient to come to the conclusion that the applicant has committed the said offence of abetment the court observedThe court allowed Khatris bail saying no justified ground was made out for his further detentionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever