Published By: Saurabh Verma
Last Updated: March 31, 2023, 20:23 IST
Aniksha, daughter of suspected bookie Anil Jaisinghani, was arrested on March 16 for allegedly making an attempt to supply Rs 1 crore to Amruta. (File picture)
The Malabar Hill police station in south Mumbai had on February 20 registered an FIR towards Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha for allegedly threatening to make public sure audio and video clips that purportedly present Fadnavis accepting favours from Aniksha
The Bombay High Court on Friday reserved its order on the petition filed by alleged bookie Anil Jaisinghani difficult his “illegal” arrest in an extortion and bribery case lodged by Amruta Fadnavis, spouse of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
The Malabar Hill police station in south Mumbai had on February 20 registered an FIR towards Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha for allegedly threatening to make public sure audio and video clips that purportedly present Fadnavis accepting favours from Aniksha.
The duo had been booked for offences beneath sections 120B (prison conspiracy) and 385 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 8 (induce public servant utilizing corrupt means) and 12 (abetment) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Aniksha, who was arrested on March 17, was granted bail within the case by a classes court docket on March 27.
Anil Jaisinghani was arrested in Gujarat and is presently in judicial custody.
In his petition within the excessive court docket, Jaisinghani claimed that he had been illegally arrested within the case on March 19, however was not produced earlier than the court docket inside 24 hours as mandated in legislation.
His advocate Mrigendra Singh on Friday informed a division bench headed by Justice A S Gadkari that Jaisinghani was produced earlier than the court docket in Mumbai 36 hours after his arrest.
Singh alleged that every thing within the case was being monitored by the complainant’s husband who’s the state’s dwelling minister.
Maharashtra’ Advocate General Birendra Saraf refuted the allegations and stated the police had adopted all procedures correctly and that there had been no delay in producing Jaisinghani earlier than the court docket for remand.
The police had merely taken “possession” of Jaisinghani on March 19 and they wanted to produce him before the competent court in Mumbai, he said.
As per the arrest memo, Jaisinghani was arrested on March 20 at 5 pm and was produced before the sessions court on March 21, Saraf said.
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