Mumbai, April 27 -- A sessions court in Maharashtra's Nashik district today refused to grant interim protection to Nida Khan, prime accused in the sexual harassment and religious coercion case at Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) Nashik BPO, while reserving its order for delivering its verdict on the anticipatory bail plea filed by Khan till May 2, citing her pregnancy among other grounds.

Additional Sessions Judge K G Joshi reserved its verdict after hearing arguments from both prosecution and defence lawyers at length in camera.

Nida Khan remains the only accused yet to be arrested. The allegations against her include making derogatory references to Hindu deities.

Khan filed the anticipatory bail plea, through Advocates Rahul Kasliwal a...