New Delhi, Oct 3: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, arrested for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, today approached the Delhi High Court for bail after which the court asked Delhi Police to respond within three days.
Issuing a notice to the police, Justice Ajit Bharihoke sought its status report on Singh's case within three days while slating his bail plea for hearing on October 12.
The court also asked AIIMS, where Singh is now under treatment of his kidney-related ailments, to submit its latest report on Singh's health by October 12.
“Despite his (Singh's) fairly grave medical conditions, the trial court denied him bail,” senior counsel Dinesh Mathur, appearing for Singh, told the court and pleaded to it to hear his interim bail plea on Wednesday.
Justice Bharihoke, however, refused to oblige the counsel and directed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to file a fresh medical report on Singh's medical condition by October 12.
Singh moved the high court after a city court had on September 28 rejected both his interim and regular bail pleas saying his role was “major” in the entire episode aimed at “disgracing” parliamentary democracy.
Singh has been seeking bail on health conditions, which, as per the last AIIMS report submitted to the trial court, has been showing “overall improvement” although his renal condition as assessed as prone to infection and needed constant monitoring.
Singh was arrested on September 6 after he appeared before the trial court of Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal in response to summons for his alleged involvement in the cash-for-vote scam.
He was, however, taken to AIIMS from Tihar Jail on September 12 evening after a bout of vomitting and diarrhoea and was later granted interim bail on September 15. PTI
