Anil Deshmukh document leak case: Court grants bail to Ex- CBI's official

Delhis Rouse Avenue Court has granted bail to Abhishek Tiwari former subinspector with the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI in connection with an alleged corruption case for leaking information of a separate case against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil DeshmukhSpecial CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal in an order passed on February 11 said in view of detailed discussion without commenting upon the nature and gravity of the accusations as stated in the chargesheet filed by the investigating agency lest it may prejudice the case of the prosecutiondefense later on it is a fit case where the accused deserves to be admitted to bailThe applicant Abhishek Tiwari is admitted to bail on his furnishing personal bonds in the sum of Rs 100000 with one surety of the like amount said the courtFurther the court while granted bail also noted that Tiwari is a former CBI official and therefore has roots in the society The allegations of the present case do not pertain to economic offenses of huge magnitude therefore it cannot perse be said to be falling under the category of grave offenses Further the other accused persons having almost similar roles have already been released on bail vide detailed order dated January 31 Therefore on the grounds of parity accused Abhishek Tiwari is also entitled to bailLast month the same court had granted bail to Maharasthras ExHome Minister Anil Deshmukh lawyer Anand Daga and his social media Manager Gajendra Tumane in the caseCBI arrested its Sub Inspector Abhishek Tiwari last year for his alleged role in the manipulation of preliminary inquiry against Deshmukh in connection with the extortion caseThe arrests came after the CBI registered an FIR against the subinspector a Nagpurbased Advocate and unknown persons on certain allegations including illegal gratificationIn August last year a report that was allegedly part of a preliminary inquiry conducted by CBI got leaked in media The report mentions that the agency had concluded that no cognizable offense has been committed by Anil DeshmukhThe CBI in its internal inquiry found that Deshmukhs legal team tried to bribe some lowerranked CBI officials in its preliminary inquiry Strict action will be taken against the staff who were involved in the caseCBI in its charge sheet has named then CBI official Abhishek Tiwari lawyer Anand Dilip Daga and Vaibhav Gajendra Tumane in the charge sheet Abhishek Tiwari in conspiracy with a lawyer was accused of leaking sensitive documents to subvert investigation of the case against Deshmukh said CBICBI said that the investigation has revealed that Abhishek Tiwari and Anand Dilip Daga met at Delhi Mumbai and Pune physically and had been in regular touch through Whatsapp callsmessages and SMS after April 14 2021 and the probe revealed that Deshmukhs lawyer Anand Daga had bought an IPhone worth Rs 95000 for CBI official Abhishek Tiwari and given him as illegal gratification in lieu of sharing case sensitive and confidential documentsThe CBI in its internal inquiry found that Deshmukhs legal team tried to bribe some lowerranked CBI officials in its preliminary inquiry Strict action will be taken against the staff who were involved in the case The investigation is underway to find out if more people were involved in the conspiracy to manipulate the documents CBI saidThis 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