Pune Bus Rape Case: Accused remanded to judicial custody till March 26

He allegedly raped the woman inside a stationary state transport (MSRTC) bus at the Swargate terminus in the early hours of February 25. Read further on Dynamite News:

Post Published By: DN Bureau
Updated : 12 March 2025, 5:56 PM IST
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Pune: A Pune Court on Wednesday sentenced Dattatray Gade, accused of raping a 26-year-old woman at Swargate bus depot, to police custody till March 26. 

The 37-year-old man was arrested from his native village Gunat in Shirur taluka in Feb following an extensive three-day-long search. 

He allegedly raped the woman inside a stationary state transport (MSRTC) bus at the Swargate terminus in the early hours of February 25, according to the police. 

He was produced before the court after his 12-day police custody was ended today. 

"We sought his judicial custody, reserving the rights of police custody of two days. The court sent Gade to judicial custody till March 26," a crime branch officer said.

Notably, the case was transferred to the Crime Branch of Pune city police on March 2.