The accused was extradited from Dubai and has been in custody since then and the investigation is still not complete, his counsel had said.
The CBI filed the charge sheet after getting the nod from the government to prosecute Shashi Kant Sharma.
Puri moved the bail plea through advocate Vijay Agarwal on Saturday, saying he was not required for further investigation and no purpose will be served by keeping him in custody.
he charge sheet was filed before Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar and slated the matter for hearing post lunch. This is the sixth supplementary charge sheet in the case and the first against Ratul Puri. Besides Puri, one more accused has been named in the charge sheet.
Michel, who is in judicial custody since January 5 this year and has been denied relief in both matters by the trial court, moved the high court against the lower court's decision.
Michel was taken into custody by the CBI on December 5, 2018 after his extradition from Dubai, while the ED took him into custody on December 22, 2018.
The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the purchase of 12 VVIP choppers from Italy-based Finmeccanica's British subsidiary, AgustaWestland.
Special Judge Arvind Kumar issued a notice to both the agencies and directed them to file their response by August 19, when the court will hear the matter. In his plea, Michel said the investigation regarding him was over and no useful purpose would be served by keeping him in further incarceration.
Justice Sunil Gaur asked the agency to file a response supported with a short affidavit. The court asked the agency to state about the developments in the case, reasons why it needed custodial interrogation of Puri and the details and extent of the property attached by the Income Tax Department.
It was not immediately known if the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had given him a fresh date to appear and if Puri had filed a reason for his absence before the agency. The central agency wants to grill Puri in light of certain pieces of evidence gathered in the case and statements of other accused, including Dubai-based operator Rajeev Saxena.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri, who is accused of receiving kickbacks in the AgustaWestland deal, on Monday told a court here that the case against him is based on the "statement of a fickle witness".
The ED had arrested Gupta on March 26 this year in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP choppers deal case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The agency has alleged that Gupta along with Gautam Khaitan formed shell companies that were used to park the bribe to be paid to politicians and bureaucrats in India in the VVIP Chopper case.
Special Central Bureau of Investigation Judge Arvind Kumar issued the notice to Saxena and posted the matter for hearing on Thursday. On March 25, the court had allowed Saxena to become an approver in the AgustaWestland case.
The CBI has tracked down Rs 67-crore kickbacks in an account operated by Rajeev Saxena, an accused in the money laundering case in the Agusta Westland chopper scam.
Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 22 last year.
Saxena said that he has cooperated with the investigation throughout and has made known entire facts regarding the case.
A Delhi court on Friday extended the interim bail granted to Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena till February 25 in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.
The two have been placed under arrest by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Christian James Michel, arrested in the VVIP chopper case, sought in a Delhi court on Friday that he be lodged in a separate cell as other inmates were putting "uncomfortable questions" to him.
"I want to know from the Congress -- is it agitated today and telling lie after lie because the BJP government's defence deals do not have any Quattrocchi "mama", Christian Michel uncle?", he said.
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