In Pics | Air India urination case accused Shankar Mishra sent to 14-day custody

Delhi's Patiala House court sent Shankar Mishra, who's accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger in a drunken state on a New York-New Delhi flight in November last year, to 14-day judicial custody.

Air India urination case: Shankar Mishra sent to 14-day custody

Delhi court sent Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger on an a New York-New Delhi Air India flight in November last year, to judicial remand for 14 days while rejecting a plea by police for his custody. Credit: PTI Photo

The police sought his remand for three days for custodial interrogation, saying he was required to be identified by three cabin crew members and two captains and other co-passengers were also to be examined. Credit: PTI Photo

Metropolitan Magistrate Anamika passed the order to send Mishra to judicial remand, noting that his custody was not required by the police for recording the statements of other witnesses, including cabin crew and co-passengers. Credit: PTI Photo

Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman passenger on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, being taken away by the police in New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo

Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman passenger on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, being taken away by the police from the DCP office at IGI Airport in New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo