Television actor Karan Oberoi’s bail plea in the Dindoshi sessions court in Bombay was rejected on May 17. While Karan’s lawyer argued that the rape case against him was a misuse of rape laws and that the accuser was obsessed with the actor and wanted to destroy him, the girl’s lawyers as well as the public prosecutor opposed the bail plea. The hearing of the bail plea on 14th May was deferred by a day as the accuser sought to be heard. The hearing went on on 15th, 16th and 17th May. Karan was arrested on 5th May by the Oshiwara (Bombay) police and sent to judicial custody on 9th May following his astrologer-friend’s accusation that he had raped her. He will now move the high court.