Former Maharashtra minister and NCP chief Anil Deshmukh on Monday acquired a bail from the Bombay Excessive Courtroom in a corruption case filed by the CBI, information company PTI reported. Deshmukh, nevertheless, is unlikely to stroll out of the jail because the central probe company has sought time to problem the choice within the Supreme Courtroom within the coming days. The 74-year-old chief is lodged on the Arthur Highway jail in Mumbai.
He was jailed final 12 months amid allegations towards him by former Mumbai prime cop Parambir Singh. It was one of many largest political controversies through the tenure of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities.
The Enforcement Directorate and the CBI have filed separate instances towards Deshmukh. Final month, the CBI had informed the excessive courtroom that bail for Deshmukh within the cash laundering case wouldn’t make him eligible for bail within the corruption case. In its affidavit, the CBI additional acknowledged that allegations – towards the previous minister – underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act have been completely different from the case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), registered underneath the PMLA. “The PMLA case has no bearing on the moment CBI case. That the allegations substantiated towards the current applicant are of felony conspiracy to commit an offence punishable underneath part 7 of the PC,” learn the affidavit.
In October, the Supreme Courtroom had rejected the ED’s problem to the bail given to him. This was after the Bombay Excessive Courtroom had given him bail within the cash laundering case the identical month.
Param Bir Singh had accused Deshmukh of attempting to extort cash from bar house owners in Mumbai by means of some police officers, together with dismissed assistant inspector Sachin Waze. Arrested by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) as prime accused within the Antilia explosives scare, Waze was additionally linked to homicide of Thane primarily based automobile equipment store proprietor Mansukh Hiran.
(With inputs from bureau and businesses)
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