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This is an archive article published on August 13, 2009

Shiney’s Judicial Custody extended,case transferred to sessions court

Judicial custody of Shiney Ahuja,accused of raping his domestic maid,has been extended till August 27.

Judicial custody of Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja,accused of raping his domestic maid,was extended till August 27 and his case was transferred to a sessions court due to lack of jurisdiction.

The Andheri metropolitan magistrate does not have the jurisdiction to conduct the trial in the case as the offences under which Ahuja has been booked is punishable with more than three years imprisonment.

The case was transferred to the sessions court after the police filed a 109-page chargesheet against the actor charging him with rape,wrongful confinement and threatening his maid servant at his residence at Oshiwara in suburban Andheri on June 14.

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The 36-year-old actor has been languishing in Arthur Road jail since his arrest on June 15.

The sessions court had in July rejected his bail application after observing that there was prima facie evidence against the actor.

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