A special court in Pune rejected the bail application of Sanatan Sanstha member Vikram Bhave who is one of the accused in the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. Additional Sessions Judge SR Navandar said that bail cannot be granted to the accused given his conviction in the 2008 Thane bomb blasts case and in view of his alleged role in Narendra Dabholkar's murder.