New Delhi, July 2 -- A Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday declined the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for police custody of 2012-batch Haryana cadre IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat in an alleged bribery case linked to a fake medicine racket and remanded him to judicial custody till July 16.

Special Judge Sushant Changotra, after hearing detailed arguments from both sides, rejected the CBI's request seeking four more days of police custody and noted that the agency had not been able to clearly establish contradictory statements warranting further custodial interrogation. The accused was produced before the court after one day of CBI custody.

The CBI had sought additional custodial remand in connection with alleged transactions amou...