SC refuses to interfere with bail to Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court order on grant of bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering caseA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said the observations made by the high court in its order will not affect the trial in the case and dismissed the appeal filed by the Enforcement DirectorateOn October 4 the high court had granted bail to the former minister in the case observing two components of credits in the bank account of his family trust were not the proceeds of crimeAlso readAnil Deshmukh gets Mumbai court nod for coronary angiography at private hospitalThe HC however had stayed the implementation of its order till October 13 after the ED submitted it will challenge the order in the Supreme CourtTwo components of credits Rs 1042 crore and Rs 112 crore in the account of a trust controlled by the Deshmukh family flagged by the ED were not proceeds of crime a singlejudge bench of the high court had said in the orderThe high court also said the statements given by former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh and dismissed officer Sachin Waze alleging that Deshmukh had taken money from police officers for favourable postings were prima facie hearsayThe Nationalist Congress Party leader arrested on November 2 2021 is also facing a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIDeshmukh who was a minister in the previous MVA government is lodged in Arthur Road jail in MumbaiThe ED claimed Deshmukh had misused his official position and collected Rs 470 crore from various bars and restaurants in MumbaiThe money was channelled to Nagpurbased Shri Sai Shikshan Sansthan an educational trust controlled by the Deshmukh family it alleged Param Bir Singh had alleged in March 2021 that Deshmukh then the home minister had given a target to police officers to collect Rs 100 crore per month from restaurants and bars in MumbaiThe then assistant police inspector Waze arrested in the Antilia bomb scare case in March last too had levelled similar allegationsThis 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