NASHIK: A Nashik court on Monday denied interim relief to the absconding pregnant employee in the alleged TCS sexual harassment and religious coercion case.Her counsel had moved an application seeking interim protection pending the hearing of her anticipatory bail plea. Meanwhile, the complainant’s lawyer filed an application seeking time to submit a written response, which the court allowed, granting time till April 27. The court will now hear both the anticipatory bail application and the interim relief plea on April 27.The lawyer of the absconding female accused, Rahul Kasliwal, told the court, “Casual talk on religion does not amount to hurting religious sentiments.”A 26-year-old woman employee accused in a case of alleged “religious harassment” at the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Nashik office has moved the Nashik Road Sessions Court seeking anticipatory bail, citing pregnancy among the grounds for relief. Her lawyer, Baba Sayyed, told TOI on Saturday, “We have applied for the anticipatory bail plea of our client in the court of Nashik Road Sessions Judge Kedar Joshi, and the court will hear our plea on Monday.” Sayyed, along with advocate Rahul Kasliwal, who filed the application, said multiple grounds had been cited in the plea. “One of the grounds is that she is not the main accused. Secondly, the punishment is up to three years in the case pertaining to hurting religious sentiments filed against my client. Hence, we have sought her pre-arrest bail.”(This is a developing story)
