The Bombay High Court yesterday rejected the anticipatory bail application of Priyanka Nikam, owner of the nursery-cum-day-care centre in Navi Mumbai where a baby was allegedly assaulted by a caretaker and said that she was "equally responsible as the owner of the centre.

You should have taken care of the kids there. Also you tried to conceal facts from the victim's family saying that nothing had happened to the girl."