Amita Joshi
Surat: The district and sessions court granted regular bail to both sisters-in-law of police sub-inspector Amita Joshi who had committed suicide on December 5 last year.
Manisha Bhatt (37) and Anikta Mehta (31) were booked in an offence of abetment to suicide lodged with Mahidharpura police station.
Joshi, who was posted at the Udhna police station, had shot herself to death with her service revolver at her residence in Falsawadi police colony. Joshiis survived by a four-year-old son and police constable husband Vaibhav Vyas.
Police arrested all the accused on December 23, 2020 and lodged them at Lajpore Central Jail. “The allegations mentioned against the applicants are general. There are no ingredients of abetment of suicide. The two accused are staying separately with their husbands and hence there is no question of mental or physical torture,” the womens’ advocate G I Desai argued. tnn