Anil Deshmukh moves HC seeking bail in corruption case; hearing on Nov 11

Maharashtras former home minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday moved the Bombay High Court seeking bail in a case of corruption and misuse of official power which is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIDeshmukh 73 approached the HC after a special CBI court rejected his bail plea last weekThe NCP leader is presently in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road prison in MumbaiHis lawyer Aniket Nikam mentioned the petition before a vacation bench of Justice Sharmila Deshmukh on Wednesday seeking urgent hearingThe court directed the CBI to file its reply affidavit by November 9 and posted the matter for hearing on November 11The NCP leader is in jail since November last year after the Enforcement Directorate ED arrested him in a money laundering caseAlso read Mumbai court rejects Anil Deshmukhrsquos bail plea in corruption caseThe CBI arrested him in April this year in the corruption caseThe HC had granted bail to Deshmukh earlier this month in the case registered by the EDHowever the special CBI court had rejected his plea in the corruption case noting that there was prima facie evidence against himDeshmukh in his plea in the HC said he is suffering from several ailments and is incarcerated since almost a year and the trial in the case may not commence anytime soonThe plea claimed the special court while refusing him bail has merely done a cut copy and paste of the CBI charge sheet filed in the caseFormer Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in March 2021 alleged that Deshmukh who was then the state home minister had given a target to police officers to collect Rs 100 crore per month from restaurants and bars in MumbaiDismissed cop Sachin Waze arrested in March last year in connection with the case of recovery of an explosivesladen near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house in Mumbai had also levelled similar allegationsThe high court in April last year directed the CBI to carry out a preliminary inquiryBased on this inquiry the CBI registered an FIR against Deshmukh and his associates for alleged corruption and misuse of official powerThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever