Bombay High Court yesterday rejected the state government’s application to cancel the bail of Paulson Joseph, an accused in the J Dey murder case. Though Joseph is currently in prison awaiting trial in the case, the cancellation was sought in relation to the murder of Arif Abubakar Sayyed, Iqbal Kaskar’s driver.

The application was moved by Additional Public Prosecutor MM Deshmukh, and rejected by a division bench of justices PV Hardas and AM Thipsay. Speaking to MiD DAY, Deshmukh said, “The court did not find sufficient material to cancel Joseph’s bail.”