Justice Mohammad Nawaz on Wednesday additionally prolonged the interim safety granted to them, directing police to not harass the petitioners within the guise of investigation, until November 17. The courtroom was listening to the petition filed by the petitioners difficult the FIR registered towards them.
The case stems from an FIR filed by Aravind's brother Ashwin Kannan with the Subramanyapura police, alle-ging abetment to suicide below Part 108 of the BNS Act.
The deceased had allegedly left behind a loss of life observe alleging office harassment and denial of his wage dues and different perks by the petitioners.
In the course of the listening to, the petitioners contested the authenticity of the observe, arguing it might need been drafted by the complainant quite than the deceased. In addition they claimed the circulation of photographs and interviews referring to Aravind's loss of life had broken the agency's fame, impacted its share value and triggered worker departures.
In distinction, counsel for the complainant characterised Ola Electrical as being akin to the “East India Firm”, accusing the agency's officers of trying to shift blame.The courtroom was advised that whereas the police have issued notices for investigation, the petitioners have replied solely with letters quite than showing for interrogation. The courtroom requested the petitioners to cooperate with the investigation.
The courtroom additional said any last report filed towards the petitioners could be challenged sooner or later.
