Hearing the arguments, the court granted the ATS Purohit's custody until November 18. The court also allowed Purohit's relatives, which included his father-in-law Parag Kulkarni and mother-in-law Vinodini Kulkarni, to meet him in the court room in the presence of the judge.

Speaking to The Sunday Express before meeting Purohit, his relative Vinay Dalvi rubbished the allegations against Purohit, calling them baseless. "He is a very secular minded person and will never indulge in such heinous acts. The entire family is behind him and we will fight the case till the end to get justice for our son," said Dalvi.

Describing Purohit as a person who was very expressive and talkative, Dalvi said, "He has been in the Army for several years and during the family's interactions with him we have never come across a feeling of hatred against a particular community."