Bombay HC dismisses plea of Anil Jaisinghani against 'illegal' arrest

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by suspected bookie Anil Jaisinghani challenging his illegal arrest in a case of alleged attempt to blackmail and bribe Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaviss wife Amruta FadnavisA division bench headed by Justice A S Gadkari said the plea was dismissed as it was without any meritsThe Malabar Hill police station in south Mumbai had on February 20 registered a First Information Report FIR against Anil Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha Jaisinghani for allegedly threatening to make public certain audio and video clips that purportedly show Amruta Fadnavis accepting favoursfrom AnikshaThey were booked for offences under Section 120B criminal conspiracy and Section 385 extortion of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 8 induce public servant using corrupt means and 12 abetment of the Prevention of Corruption ActAlso Read Amruta Fadnavis case Police says Anil Jaisinghani was main instigator oppose bail pleaAniksha who was arrested on March 17 was granted bail in the case on March 27 by a sessions courtHer father Anil Jaisinghani was later arrested by the Mumbai Police from Gujarat and he is currently in judicial custodyIn his petition in the HC Anil Jaisinghani claimed he was illegally arrested in the case on March 19 but was not produced before the court within 24 hours as mandated in lawHis advocate Mrigendra Singh had argued that Jaisinghani was produced before the court in Mumbai 36 hours after his arrestSingh alleged that everything in the case was being monitored by the complainants husband who is the deputy chief minister of MaharashtraState Advocate General Birendra Saraf had refuted the allegations and said the police followed all procedures properly and there had been no delay in producing Jaisinghani before the court for remandSaraf said the police had merely taken possession of Jaisinghani on March 19 and they wanted to produce him before the competent court in MumbaiHe said as per the arrest memo Jaisinghani was arrested on March 20 at 5 pm and was produced before the sessions court on March 21This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever