MUMBAI, Sept. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Akhilendra Pratap Sureshsingh, who allegedly sheltered Baba Siddique murder accused Shivkumar Gautam and helped him evade arrest. Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran observed that they found "no good ground to interfere" with the April 24 order of the Bombay High Court, which had rejected Sureshsingh's plea, stating that it found prima facie material linking him to the alleged conspiracy. Sureshsingh was arrested along with Gautam and other accused in Uttar Pradesh on November 11, 2024, a month after Siddique's murder. Gautam, in his statement, alleged that Sureshsingh and others helped him avoid arrest and were assisting him in fleeing to Nepal when the police apprehended them. The charge sheet also relied on call records, showing 117 calls between Sureshsingh and a co-accused. The defence argued that Sureshsingh was merely acquainted with the other accused who were co-villagers, and the calls did not establish his involvement in the crime. They added that his confession admitting to harbouring the assailants had been retracted, and that there was no evidence that he had helped Gautam flee. The high court had, however, held that the confession was admissible and supported by the call records. The court also relied on the fact that Sureshsingh and some of the co-accused were apprehended at the same place....