FTII row: Pune court denies bail plea of 12 students

Twelve students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), who were booked in August for forcefully confining institute director Prashant Pathrabe to his office for several hours, were produced in magisterial court on Monday where they applied for a bail.

A magisterial court on Monday denied bail to twelve students from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) who were arrested for forcefully gheraoing director Prashant Pathrabe have been denied bail. The students were out on anticipatory bail since August 19. 

At least 50 students were booked by police after Pathrabe filed an FIR against them. While arrests warrant were issued against 15, five were taken by the cops that night.

The five students were released on bail by a magisterial court, and 12 others who had approached the court had got anticipatory bail. 

But the bail period exhausted, after which they were produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Rajesh Tiwari where they applied for a bail.