A local court in Nashik on Monday declined to grant interim protection from arrest to Nida Khan, an accused in the alleged sexual harassment and religious coercion case at the Nashik unit of Tata Consultancy Services, and directed the police to file their response to her anticipatory bail plea by April 27, reported PTI.

Court defers interim relief, seeks responses

During the hearing, Additional Sessions Judge K.G. Joshi did not pass any order on Khan’s request for interim protection from arrest. The court instead asked the police and the complainant to submit their replies before taking a decision on her anticipatory bail application, reported PTI.