New Delhi, April 21 -- The Rouse Avenue court has denied granting interim bail to Punit Garg, the former Director of Reliance Communications (RCom) Ltd., on medical grounds. He is an accused in an alleged money laundering case of Rs. 40000 crores.

He sought interim bail to undergo some medical examination and treatment at a private hospital. Before his arrest, he was treated at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. It was argued that he was advised for intensive examination and capsule endoscopy.

While rejecting the interim bail plea on Monday, the Special Judge Ajay Gupta considered the report filed by the medical board constituted at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

The court observed, "Thus, in view of the r...