Observing that the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj inside a number of months of its development prima facie speaks for itself on the standard of labor, a periods courtroom in Sindhudurg has rejected the bail utility of the sculptor.
The courtroom on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Jaydeep Apte, who was arrested in September for the collapse of the 35-foot statue of the warrior king in Malvan in Sindhudurg district on August 26. The statue was inaugurated on December 4, 2023 by the coast at Rajkot fort in Malvan. Final month, the courtroom additionally rejected the bail utility of Apte’s co-accused Chetan Patil.
“Admittedly, the Work Order has been issued in favour of the contractor, i.e. the applicant (Apte) and after a number of months of the erection of statue, it collapsed. It’s the case of the prosecution that, the applicant has used inferior high quality materials, whereas finishing up the work in query and because of that, the statue collapsed. Contemplating the alleged information and circumstances, it can not lie within the mouth of the applicant that, he was not understanding the results of utilizing inferior high quality materials, as per the allegations within the report,” the courtroom stated in its order.
Apte in his plea had stated that he’s an expert sculptor and there may be nothing to point out that the fabric used within the development of the statue was inferior or the design was faulty. Apte via his legal professionals additionally submitted {that a} committee, which just lately submitted a report on the incident, didn’t serve him any discover or give him a possibility to place his aspect and therefore it can’t be relied upon.
Apte additionally stated that he was being made a scapegoat to avoid wasting the actual culprits.
The police opposed the bail claiming that the accused have been conscious that the statue was by the coast and used iron as a substitute of stainless steal regardless of the opportunity of rusting. The police additionally claimed that crores of public cash was used for the structure of the statue and that the accused had data that if any untoward incident might additionally result in lack of lives.
Apte had additionally submitted that the police couldn’t have invoked sections pertaining to try to homicide and try and culpable murder within the case as there was no such intention.
The courtroom stated that in mild of the allegations made by the police, it can’t be dominated out that the accused had data. “Within the mild of the case of the prosecution, the presence of data on the a part of the applicant, being the contractor of the work in query, cannot be dominated out at this stage,” the courtroom stated.
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