India, April 23 -- A court in Rahata in Ahilyanagar district on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea filed by Kalpana Kharat, wife of arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat. She had moved the plea on April 4.

Public prosecutor BD Pangavhane said that the court of additional sessions judge RS Gupta denied her pre-arrest bail application.

Kalpana's counsel, PR Kolhe, said she would now approach the Bombay High Court for relief.

The Shirdi police registered an FIR against the Kharat couple and three of their aides on March 31 after a 55-year-old farmer, Raosaheb Gondkar, accused them of fraudulently acquiring his four-acre land, valued at Rs.10 crore. The case has been registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sa...