Supreme Court junks Anil Deshmukh's plea for records of PE report

The Supreme Court has junked a plea filed by former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh seeking records including file notings and internal correspondence of the preliminary enquiry PE report in the corruption case saying should we entertain this because he has been a ministerA bench headed by Justice SK Kaul dismissed Deshmukhs plea and said he can argue on this before the competent court and they have the liberty to do so The petition under 32 is based on the premise that the orders passed by the court on the rationale that the PE may have been material against the petition But as per certain newspaper reports the petitioner is stated to have been given clean chit in the enquiryThe prayer is to call for all the records to look into the PE We are not inclined to exercise our jurisdiction under Article 32 In the given scenario it is always open to the petitioner to plead before the competent court said the bench also comprising Justice MM Sundresh Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Deshmukh submitted that the court had earlier said that let the PE be completed as the commissioner of police has made these allegationsNow the commissioner of police is going to be declared an absconder They said in FIR that a PE report says a cognisable offence is made out India Today has assessed the report As per certain reports the petitioner is given a clean chit The PE on the orders of the Bombay High Court has recorded statements of many key players If this is true then it takes the whole basis of the record Then there is political motivation in this All family members servants are being called everyday to admit that you are leaking this report Sibal submittedThe court however said We dont know how much credence can be given to all this material Should we entertain this because he has been a minister The investigation can carry on Why should this court entertain this petition under Article 32 Competent courts are already looking into this We are not inclined A special PMLA court here on Monday had sent Deshmukh to 14day judicial custody as the Enforcement Directorate ED did not seek his further remand in connection with a multicrore money laundering caseDeshmukh 71 was arrested by the ED on November 1 after questioning in the case under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLAThe ED had initiated a probe against Deshmukh and his associates after the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI filed its FIR against the NCP leader on April 21 this year on charges of corruption and misuse of official positionThe money laundering case against Deshmukh and others was made out after the CBI booked him in a corruption case related to allegations of at least Rs 100 crore bribery made by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir SinghThe ED case is that Deshmukh while serving as the states home minister misused his official position and through dismissed police officer Sachin Waze collected Rs 470 crore from various bars and restaurants in Mumbai Deshmukh has refuted these allegations saying the agencys whole case was based on malicious statements made by a tainted cop Waze The agency had also submitted its prosecution complaint equivalent to a charge sheet against the duo before a special courtAlso Read Bombay HC transfers special judge hearing ED case against Anil Deshmukh to Yavatmal districtThis 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