The Mumbai Police told a special court here on May 18 that they will not arrest independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA-husband Ravi Rana till June 9, the next date of hearing on the police's plea seeking cancellation of their bail in a case pertaining to the row over recitation of ' Hanuman Chalisa'.
The Ranas were arrested by the Mumbai police on April 23 after they announced they will recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra. On May 5, special Judge R.N. Rokade had granted them bail while imposing certain conditions on the couple, including that they must not make any statements to the press related the case.
The judge had also said that the bail will be forfeited if the couple committed similar offences again. The Mumbai police on May 9 approached the special court seeking that the politician couple's bail be cancelled on the ground that they had allegedly violated the bail conditions.
