New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) adjourned to October 25 the hearing on a plea filed by businessman Amandeep Singh Dhall in a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the now-defunct Delhi Excise Policy.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan deferred the matter after the CBI sought time to file its reply in the matter.
The apex court had earlier on September 17 issued notice to the CBI on Dhall’s plea and had sought its response.
Dhall moved apex court challenging High Court order refusing to grant him bail in CBI case
Dhall moved the top court against an order of the Delhi High Court refusing to grant him bail in the corruption case. The High Court refused to grant him bail saying that he does not satisfy the triple test for grant of bail.
What did the High Court say while refusing bail to Dhall in CBI case?
“Since many of the witnesses in this case (CBI) are well known to the present applicant (Dhall) and the applicant herein was also in contact with influential leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 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 had said in its June 4 verdict.
“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 (Dhall) 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 had further said while rejecting Dhall’s bail plea in the corruption case.
High Court granted Dhall bail in money laundering case
Dhall was arrested by the CBI in April last year in connection with the case. He is also an accused in an excise policy-linked money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The High Court recently granted him bail in the money laundering case.
