Cuttack: The Additional District and Sessions Judge-II court on Saturday rejected the bail petition of Lipan Sahu, in connection with the death of his wife and well-known TV actor Nikita.
Additional District and Sessions Judge-II Sushree Rajalaxmi Patnaik rejected the bail petition after hearing the arguments of the government counsel Nandanandan Mohapatra and Lipan’s counsel Soura Chandra Mohapatra.
Lipan, who is lodged at the Choudwar Jail, was arrested on January 7 in connection with the death of his wife who had allegedly fallen from the terrace of her parental house at Mahanadi Vihar here on January 4 after an altercation. She died the following day while undergoing treatment at a private hospital.








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