<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a bail plea by Yug Tuli, owner of Mojo's Bistro restaurant at Mumbai's Kamala Mills where a fire mishap in December killed 14 people and left 31 injured.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Mohan M Shantanagoudar rejected the plea by 28-year-old Tuli to enlarge him on bail on the ground that the investigation in the case was over.</p>.<p>The court, however, allowed him to renew his request after three months before a Mumbai court.</p>.<p>Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Tuli, contended that the restaurant manager and supplier of 'hookah' which was alleged to have caused ember to spread have already been granted bail.</p>.<p>He also said the death in the case resulted due to asphyxia as bouncers led people to lock themselves up in a toilet. He claimed nobody died due to burns.</p>.<p>The counsel for the Maharashtra government, Nishant R Katneshwarkar, however, opposed the plea, saying that though the charge sheet has been filed in the matter, the trial is yet to begin and the accused-petitioner may tamper with evidence and influence the witnesses.</p>.<p>The prosecution claimed there were a lot of illegal constructions in the establishment and there was no emergency exit. Besides, hookah was being provided without permission.</p>.<p>The petitioner has challenged the Bombay High Court's order, which found that the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was rightly applied in the case.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a bail plea by Yug Tuli, owner of Mojo's Bistro restaurant at Mumbai's Kamala Mills where a fire mishap in December killed 14 people and left 31 injured.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Mohan M Shantanagoudar rejected the plea by 28-year-old Tuli to enlarge him on bail on the ground that the investigation in the case was over.</p>.<p>The court, however, allowed him to renew his request after three months before a Mumbai court.</p>.<p>Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Tuli, contended that the restaurant manager and supplier of 'hookah' which was alleged to have caused ember to spread have already been granted bail.</p>.<p>He also said the death in the case resulted due to asphyxia as bouncers led people to lock themselves up in a toilet. He claimed nobody died due to burns.</p>.<p>The counsel for the Maharashtra government, Nishant R Katneshwarkar, however, opposed the plea, saying that though the charge sheet has been filed in the matter, the trial is yet to begin and the accused-petitioner may tamper with evidence and influence the witnesses.</p>.<p>The prosecution claimed there were a lot of illegal constructions in the establishment and there was no emergency exit. Besides, hookah was being provided without permission.</p>.<p>The petitioner has challenged the Bombay High Court's order, which found that the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was rightly applied in the case.</p>
