Bengaluru:  Mohammed Nalapad Haris, former General Secretary of the Bengaluru City Youth Congress and son of Congress MLA N.A. Haris, has yesterday been remanded to Judicial custody for 14 days for brutally assaulting a man in Bengaluru. His associates too have been remanded to Judicial custody until March 7.

The District Sessions Court will hear Nalapad’s bail plea on Feb.23.

Yesterday morning, Nalapad filed for bail. In his application, he said that invoking IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) was not right. His plea added that the Section was added due to his political connections.

Nalapad surrendered before Police officials at the Cubbon Park Police Station on Feb.19 after he was charged with assaulting a youth in a cafe at the heart of the city.

The Cubbon Park Police produced the seven accused before the 8th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court yesterday. After hearing the submission by both the parties, ACMM Mahesh Babu remanded all accused to Judicial custody till Mar.7.

During the hearing, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) M.S. Shyamsundar submitted that the victim, Vidwath, is in a very serious condition and is unable to speak. Vidwath’s father filed an affidavit due to the serious nature of injuries inflicted by the accused on his son, the SPP said.