Delhi court dismisses anticipatory bail plea of Navneet Kalra in oxygen concentrator case
A Delhi court on Thursday refused to grant anticipatory bail to businessman Navneet Kalra in reference to the seizure of oxygen concentrators, required by COVID-19 sufferers, from his upscale eating places together with ‘Khan Chacha’ in the nationwide capital. “Application is dismissed,” Additional Session Judge Sandeep Garg stated.
Fearing arrest, the businessman had moved the court earlier this week to hunt bail in the case. During a latest raid, 524 oxygen concentrators have been recovered from three eating places owned by Kalra and it’s suspected that he has left Delhi alongside along with his household.
These concentrators are essential medical tools used for COVID-19 administration. On Wednesday, the court had reserved the order on the pre-arrest bail after listening to the arguments of each the prosecution and protection at size.
During the proceedings, Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava had opposed the plea and advised the court that Kalra’s custodial interrogation is required and that bail shouldn’t be granted as he’s an influential individual.
“His intention was to cheat the public at large and wrongfully gain. Had Delhi Police not busted the racket, many people would have been cheated,” the general public prosecutor stated.
The prosecutor had additionally apprised the court a couple of lab report which confirmed that the seized oxygen concentrators are usually not working, have poor high quality and their working capability is just 20.8 per cent.
Senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, representing the accused, requested the court how his shopper could be accused of promoting the oxygen concentrators at exorbitant costs, if there is no such thing as a ceiling value fastened by the federal government.
The senior advocate emphasised that selective leaks are made by the Delhi Police towards Kalra and that he’s being made a scapegoat to divert the eye from core points.
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