Banaskantha (Guj), August 12: Sessions court in Palanpur today rejected the bail application of IPS officer Vipul Agarwal, arrested in connection with the encounter of Tulsi Prajapati — a key witness in Sohrabuddin case.
District and Sessions Judge M A Kadiwala rejected the bail application of Agarwal who was SP of Banaskantha when Prajapati was killed in a fake encounter in 2006.
The court rejected the argument of Agarwal’s lawyer who pleaded that conspiracy theory against his client cannot be established as the motive behind the murder of Prajapati was not mentioned in the chargesheet filed by the investigating agency.
Agarwal was charged for conspiring to kill Prajapati along with other IPS officers D G Vanzara, Rajkumar Pandian and Dinesh M N.
Agarwal was arrested on May 3 by the state CID, investigating the Tulsi encounter case.
–Agencies