Chopper scam: HC reserves verdict on ED plea to cancel Puri's bail
India | December 13, 2019 16:57 ISTThe ED, in its plea, has claimed that the trial court has not appreciated all the documents put on record while granting relief to Ratul Puri.
The ED, in its plea, has claimed that the trial court has not appreciated all the documents put on record while granting relief to Ratul Puri.
Businessman Ratul Puri on Friday filed a regular bail plea in the MoserBaer bank fraud case. Special CBI Judge Sanjay Garg has issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate seeking its reply on the plea filed by Puri through his counsel Vijay Aggarwal. The court has now posted the matter for hearing on Saturday. In October this year, the Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet in the case before the same court. The chargesheet names Puri and the MoserBaer firm.
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.
Special judge Arvind Kumar sent Puri to jail after the Enforcement Directorate moved an application seeking extension of Puri's judicial custody. The ED arrested Puri on September 4.
Puri, who has been an executive director in Moser Baer, was arrested by the agency in this case in August and is at present in judicial custody. He and his family have denied any wrongdoing on their part.
The ED filed charge sheet against Puri and company Moser Baer before Special Judge Sanjay Garg and the court is scheduled to take up the matter later in the day.
A Delhi court Thursday extended the judicial custody of Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, till October 17 in a money laundering case related to a bank loan fraud.
Special judge Sanjay Garg passed the order after Puri was produced before it and Enforcement Directorate said that if released, he may tamper with the evidence. ED had arrested Puri on August 20.
A Delhi court on Monday extended by three days the ED custody of Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in a money laundering case related to AgustaWestland chopper scam.
AgustaWestland Case: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday told a Delhi court that it has recently recovered some documents related to businessman Ratul Puri which are "crucial leads in providing the missing links"
Special judge Arvind Kumar allowed the Enforcement Directorate to quiz Puri for five more days.
Special judge Sanjay Garg sent Puri to judicial custody. ED had arrested Puri on August 20 in the money laundering case arising out of the bank loan fraud case. The court had on Friday extended Puri's custodial remand by four days.
ED had arrested Puri on August 20 in the money laundering case arising out of the bank loan fraud case.
Ratul Puri is already in the ED custody till August 30 in a separate money laundering case related to a bank fraud connected to his company Moser Baer.
An ED source related to the probe told IANS: "Investigation has revealed that Moser Baer had bought Blue Ray discs from Pacific International FZE, a company of Rajiv Saxena, which purchased the same from Singulus Technologies, Germany."
A Delhi court on Monday extended custodial interrogation of Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, by four days. Puri is currently in the custody of Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a bank loan fraud case. Special judge Sanjay Garg passed the order on the ED's plea. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Puri on August 20 in the money laundering case arising out of the bank loan fraud case.
Ratul Puri, who is Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's nephew, is in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in connection with the Rs 354 crore Moser Baer bank fraud case.
It seems to be a bad day for Congress leaders and their kin. After it proved hard for P Chidambaram to get relief from the Supreme Court, a court in Delhi refused to cancel non-bailable warrant against Congress leader Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri. The same court sent Puri into 6-day custody on Monday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him in connection with Rs 354 crore bank fraud case. Puri also faces allegations of receiving kickbacks in AugustaWestland deal. A Non-Bailable Warrant had been issued against him.
“I have no connection with the business they are doing. To me, it appears to be a purely mala fide action. I have full faith that courts will take corrective stand in this,” Kamal Nath told reporters.
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