India, Sept. 27 -- The Rohini Court has rejected the third bail plea of a man accused of forcibly administering an acid-like substance into the mouth of his own wife, noting the gravity of the allegations and his previous conduct of jumping interim bail. Additional Sessions Judge Richa Manchanda dismissed the bail application of Jitender alias Jony, accused in a 2018 case registered at Shahbad Dairy police station under Sections 323, 342, 326-A, 328 and 34 of the IPC.

The prosecution case, as recorded by the court, is that Jitender, along with his co-accused persons, forcibly administered a "TEZAB-like substance" into the mouth of the victim. Charges under Sections 323/34, 342/34, 328/34 and 326-A/34 IPC were framed against the accused o...