New Delhi/IBNS: Mumbai-based businessman Shankar Mishra, the man who urinated on an elderly woman on an Air India flight, has been denied bail by a Delhi court.

Metropolitan Magistrate Komal Garg dismissed the bail application of Mishra, saying it was not appropriate to release him on bail at this stage.

In its ruling, the court said, "The alleged act in itself is sufficient to outrage the modesty of any woman." 

A magisterial court had sent Mishra to 14-day judicial remand on Saturday, denying police his custody.

Shankar Mishra allegedly urinated on a 70-year-old woman on a New York-Delhi flight on Nov 26, last year.

He was arrested from Bengaluru last week, six weeks after his shocking act.

Air India came under heavy criticism after he was allowed to leave without any action.

Air India filed a police complaint only on Jan 4.

The airline defended the delay, saying it believed the woman and the offender had "settled the matter".