NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the Department of Enforcement to annul bail granted to NCP member and former Maharashtra interior minister. Anil Deshmukh in one money laundering the case in which he has been in jail since his arrest on 2nd November last year.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta tried to point out the allegation of extortion from various bars and restaurants by the police supposedly at the behest of the then home minister and forwarded Rs 1.7 through 40 shell companies. wrapped up to Nagpur-based Shri Sai Shiksha Sansthan, of which Deshmukh was chaired.
However, the evidence adjudication process was tinged with unreliability of the evidence provided by the approver and the sacked police officer Sachin Waze was fired, which was emphasized and accepted by Deshmukh’s advisor Kapil Sibal. received by a bench of Judges DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli.
The bench also looked at the state of health of Deshmukh, who was said to have rushed to Jaslok hospital on Monday and had been given an angiogram consultation, and said it would not interfere with the Bombay HC decision granted bail to Deshmukh, but clarified that the HC observations in the bail order would be irrelevant for trial purposes.
Justice NJ Jamadar of HC has said it is “unsafe” to rely on Waze’s claims that he collected money from 1,750 orchestra bars in Mumbai and delivered it to Kundan Shinde (Deshmukh’s co-defendant and PA. ) as directed by Deshmukh. HC granted Deshmukh bail on provision of a bail bond and a security deposit of Rs 1 lakh on October 4. However, HC maintained the execution of its order until the 13th. October after the ED files it will challenge the order in the Supreme Court.
The ED alleges that Deshmukh abused his official position and exercised ‘excessive influence’ over the transmission and posting of police messages and allegedly used the Sachin Waze API (dismissed) after being arrested in connection with the Antilia bomb threat and the murder case of Mansukh Hiren last year) to collect money from restaurants at his behest.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta tried to point out the allegation of extortion from various bars and restaurants by the police supposedly at the behest of the then home minister and forwarded Rs 1.7 through 40 shell companies. wrapped up to Nagpur-based Shri Sai Shiksha Sansthan, of which Deshmukh was chaired.
However, the evidence adjudication process was tinged with unreliability of the evidence provided by the approver and the sacked police officer Sachin Waze was fired, which was emphasized and accepted by Deshmukh’s advisor Kapil Sibal. received by a bench of Judges DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli.
The bench also looked at the state of health of Deshmukh, who was said to have rushed to Jaslok hospital on Monday and had been given an angiogram consultation, and said it would not interfere with the Bombay HC decision granted bail to Deshmukh, but clarified that the HC observations in the bail order would be irrelevant for trial purposes.
Justice NJ Jamadar of HC has said it is “unsafe” to rely on Waze’s claims that he collected money from 1,750 orchestra bars in Mumbai and delivered it to Kundan Shinde (Deshmukh’s co-defendant and PA. ) as directed by Deshmukh. HC granted Deshmukh bail on provision of a bail bond and a security deposit of Rs 1 lakh on October 4. However, HC maintained the execution of its order until the 13th. October after the ED files it will challenge the order in the Supreme Court.
The ED alleges that Deshmukh abused his official position and exercised ‘excessive influence’ over the transmission and posting of police messages and allegedly used the Sachin Waze API (dismissed) after being arrested in connection with the Antilia bomb threat and the murder case of Mansukh Hiren last year) to collect money from restaurants at his behest.
