"The accused is an influential person and comes from a higher strata of the society while the victim was from a lower rung. He might try to tamper with evidence or might intimidate the victim," prosecutor R V Kini submitted.

"If the court feels that the accused will tamper with evidence or intimidate the witness, then the actor is ready to shift to Delhi and not enter Mumbai till he is granted permission to come here," Ahuja's lawyer Shivade said.

He further argued, "Even assuming that the victim is telling the truth, the matching of DNA at the most will prove sex between two persons and certainly not rape. Not a single injury was found on the accused in spite of allegations that he had overpowered her and she had resisted."

The lawyer further said, Ahuja is a talented actor and not a terrorist or a person with criminal antecedents and that he has been tainted black by the media even before the trial has begun in the case.