CBI moves HC, seeks extension of stay on order granting bail to Anil Deshmukh

The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI approached the Bombay High Court on Tuesday seeking extension till January 3 on the stay on an order granting bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a corruption caseThe high court said it will hear the CBIs application on WednesdayA single bench of Justice M S Karnik on December 12 granted bail to the 73yearold Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader in the case but said the order will be effective after 10 days as the CBI had sought time to challenge it in the apex courtThe probe agency on Friday filed its appeal in the Supreme Court but the plea would be heard only in January 2023 since the court has closed for vacationAppearing for the CBI on Tuesday Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh sought Justice Karnik to extend the earlier stay till January 3This court had granted bail but it was not to be effected The Supreme Court doesnt have vacation bench unfortunately So the order may be extended till January 3 Singh saidDeshmukhs lawyer Aniket Nikam opposed the same and said there was a vacation registrar available in the apex courtJustice Karnik then said the court would hear the CBIs application seeking extension of the stay on WednesdayThe high court while granting bail to Deshmukh had noted that except for dismissed police officer Sachin Wazes statement none recorded by the CBI indicated money was extorted from bar owners in Mumbai at the behest of the politicianIn its plea filed in the top court the probe agency has claimed the HC committed grave error while granting bail to Deshmukh irrespective of the serious objections raised by the CBI both on the merits of the case as well as the effect his bail will have on the continuing investigationDeshmukh had approached the high court after a special CBI court rejected his bail plea last month He had sought bail both on medical grounds and meritsThe NCP leader has been in jail since November last year after the Enforcement Directorate ED arrested him in a money laundering case In April this year the CBI arrested him in the corruption caseDeshmukh who has denied the allegations levelled against him is in judicial custody at the Arthur Road Jail in MumbaiAlso Read CBI moves SC challenging Bombay HC order granting bail to Anil DeshmukhIn October the high court granted him bail in the ED case related to alleged money launderingFormer Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in March 2021 alleged that Deshmukh the then home minister had given a target to police officers to collect Rs 100 crore per month from restaurants and barsFormer assistant police inspector Waze arrested in the case of an explosivesladen vehicle found near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house in Mumbai last year had also levelled similar allegationsThe high court in April 2021 directed the CBI to carry out a preliminary inquiryThe CBI based on this inquiry registered an FIR against Deshmukh and others for alleged corruption and misuse of official powerThis 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