New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and sought its response on a plea filed by businessman Amandeep Singh Dhall challenging an order of the Delhi High Court denying him bail in the excise policy-linked corruption case.
Apex court posted matter for further hearing in November
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan issued the notice to the central agency and posted the matter for hearing in November.
High Court dismissed Dhall’s bail plea on June 4
The High Court refused to grant Dhall bail in the corruption case on June 4, saying that he does not satisfy the triple test for grant of bail.
“Since many of the witnesses in this case are well known to the present applicant and the applicant herein was also in contact with influential leaders of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Government for hatching conspiracy, this court holds that the triple test for grant of bail is not satisfied by the applicant,” the High Court said.
“Seriousness of the allegations and the evidence collected by the prosecution, and when charges are yet to be framed and evidence is yet to be recorded, and the fact that an FIR already stands registered against the applicant for paying bribe to an officer of Directorate of Enforcement for getting his name removed from the present case, this court does not find any ground for grant of bail to the applicant, at this stage,” the High Court further added while rejecting Dhall’s plea for bail in the CBI case.
As per the CBI, during the formulation of Delhi’s Excise Policy for 2021-22, the accused persons had engaged in a criminal conspiracy and they intentionally created or left loopholes in the policy to be exploited later and kickbacks were paid to the public servants in exchange for undue pecuniary benefits to the conspirators in the liquor trade.
High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Dhall in ED case
Dhall is an accused in corruption case and excise policy-linked money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to him in the money laundering case.