MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to former Maharashtra dwelling minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Deshmukh, nevertheless, will not stroll out of jail because the excessive court docket has saved the order in abeyance for ten days after the CBI sought time to problem it in the Supreme Court. A single bench of Justice M S Karnik allowed Deshmukh’s bail plea after listening to arguments of either side.
He is presently in judicial custody and lodged on the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.
Deshmukh, 74, had approached the excessive court docket after a particular CBI court docket rejected his bail plea final month. He sought bail each on medical grounds in addition to on deserves.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader has been in jail since November final yr after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a cash laundering case. In April this yr, he was arrested by the CBI in a corruption case.
He was granted bail by the excessive court docket final month in the ED case.
Deshmukh’s bail plea in the corruption case was, nevertheless, rejected by the particular CBI court docket noting that there was prima facie proof in opposition to him.
IPS officer Param Bir Singh had in March 2021 alleged that Deshmukh, then dwelling minister, had given a goal to cops to accumulate Rs 100 crore per thirty days from eating places and bars in Mumbai.
The excessive court docket in April 2021 directed the CBI to perform a Preliminary Enquiry in opposition to Deshmukh. The CBI subsequently registered an FIR in opposition to Deshmukh and his associates for alleged corruption.
