Observing that the accused lodged in jails are in a "secure situation" compared to the daily working people in society who are exposed to the "outside social atmosphere", a court here had rejected the interim bail plea of Chintan Upadhaya, arrested in connection with the murder of his artist wife and her lawyer in 2015, and another accused who had sought the relief citing the Covid-19 pandemic.

A detailed order of the court was made available on Tuesday. Chintan Upadhaya and Pradeep Rajbhar had sought temporary bail citing a surge in Covid-19 cases, coronavirus variants and the pandemic.