Chandigarh stalking case: Accused Vikas Barala's bail plea rejected by court

Chandigarh: A court in Chandigarh on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of Harya na BJP chief Subhash Barala’s son Vikas, who had been booked on charges of stalking and attempting to abduct a 29-year-old woman. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajnish Kumar Sharma dismissed the plea after arguments in the case carried on for over an hour, defence counsel Surya Prakash said. [caption id=“attachment_3923255” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Vikas Barala. CNN-News 18[/caption] The woman, the daughter of a senior IAS officer, had accused Vikas (23) and his friend Ashish Kumar (27) of stalking her in August. The two men were arrested on the intervening night of 4 and 5 August following her complaint but were released on bail as they had been booked under bailable sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act. They have arrested again on 9 August after they joined the police investigation and were then charged with attempted abduction under sections 365 and 511 of the IPC. On 29 August, the court of Civil judge Barjidner Pal Singh had dismissed the bail pleas of the two accused. The stalking incident had triggered widespread outrage and a spate of protests.