Sex CD case: Scribe bail plea rejected, again

RAIPUR: Journalist Vinod Verma, who is in judicial custody following his arrest in the sex CD and extortion case, was denied bail by a sessions court in

Raipur

on Wednesday.

Additional district and sessions judge

Jitendra Kumar Jain

heard the arguments of

defence

counsel and the prosecution, and rejected Verma's bail application. Defence counsel

Fizal Rizvi

argued that Verma has been wrongly implicated, but the prosecution put up stiff opposition to the bail plea. The journalist, who is a member of

Editors Guild of India

, had moved sessions court after his first bail plea was rejected by judicial magistrate on November 6. His lawyers indicated that they would move high court for bail.