A
magistrate's
court
here
on
Thursday
rejected
a
bail
application
filed
by
Marathi
TV
and
film
actor
Ketaki
Chitale,
arrested
for
allegedly
sharing
an
objectionable'
post
about
NCP
chief
Sharad
Pawar
on
social
media.
She
was
arrested
on
May
15
after
a
case
was
registered
against
her
under
IPC
sections
500
(defamation),
501
(printing
or
engraving
defamatory
matter)
and
153A
(promoting
enmity
between
two
groups
on
the
basis
of
religion,
caste,
etc)
at
Kalwa
police
station
here.
After
the
expiry
of
her
police
custody
on
May
18,
Chitale
was
remanded
in
judicial
custody
till
June
1.
Dismissing
her
bail
application,
Judicial
Magistrate
First
Class
B
H
Parmar
said
the
alleged
offence
was
of
serious
nature,
hence
no
relief
can
be
granted.
Chitale
is
accused
of
sharing
a
Marathi
verse
--
apparently
written
by
someone
else
--
which
contained
phrases
like
“hell
is
waiting”
and
“you
hate
Brahmins”,
allegedly
referring
to
Pawar
whose
party
shares
power
in
Maharashtra
with
the
Shiv
Sena
and
Congress.