Anil Deshmukh moves Bomaby HC for quashing of CBI FIR
Former Maharashtra residence minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday filed a petition within the Bombay High Court looking for to quash the FIR registered towards him by the Central Bureau of Investigation on the fees of corruption. He additionally sought interim orders granting him safety from any coercive motion.
The plea is prone to be heard by a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale this week.
The CBI on April 21 registered an FIR towards the NCP chief underneath part 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act which offers with unlawful gratification obtained by a public servant and part 120 (b) (prison conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The CBI had initiated a preliminary enquiry (PE) towards Deshmukh on orders of the Bombay HC based mostly on the petitions filed by advocate Jayshri Patil and former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, who had levelled allegations of corruption and malpractices towards the NCP chief.
In his letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Singh had alleged that Deshmukh had requested API Sachin Waze, at the moment probed by the NIA within the instances of ‘Antilia’ bomb scare and the Mansukh Hiran homicide, to gather Rs 100 crore as bribe from bars and eating places in Mumbai
each month.
Singh wrote the letter after he was shunted from the submit of the Mumbai police commissioner and appointed because the DG, state Home Guards.
The CBI had questioned Deshmukh and carried out searches at his premises. The Central company had additionally questioned Singh and others.
Deshmukh, who had rejected the allegations levelled towards him, resigned as residence minister on April 5 after the HC ordered the PE towards him.Â
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