Overview

• Additional Sessions Judge Dipti Devesh said release could enable the accused to influence economically vulnerable complainants through proxies.
• Delhi Police told the court the accused has not shared passwords to his laptop and iPad, his passport is yet to be recovered, and forensic chat reports are pending.
• Investigators said WhatsApp 'disappearing messages' left only screenshots and alleged three women pressured students to delete chats.
• The court underscored that the gravity of the offence increases multifold with the number of victims and questioned the defence claim of mass fabrication.
• The matter is next listed for October 27 as the accused remains in judicial custody following his late-September arrest from a hotel in Agra.