court grants robert vadra bail in money laundering case
NEW DELHI, May 17 -- A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to businessman Robert Vadra in a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur, observing that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had not arrested him during the investigation and his detention was not necessary.
Special judge Sushant Changotra of the Rouse Avenue Courts granted bail to Vadra and co-accused Kewal Singh Virk after they appeared before the court pursuant to summons issued earlier. The court directed them to furnish bail bonds of Rs.50,000 each along with sureties of the same amount. "The Supreme Court has underscored the principle that once the accused had cooperated with the investigation and submitted to the process of the court, the law does not favour unnecessary curtailment of liberty, and the appearance before the court cannot be equated with automatic custody," the judge said.
"As both accused were not arrested during the course of investigation and they have now appeared in the court in pursuance of the summons, their detention in judicial custody is neither necessary nor warranted under the law," the judge said.
According to ED, a firm linked to Vadra bought the land in 2008 for Rs.7.5 crore and later sold it to DLF for Rs.58 crore....
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