Money laundering case: HC asks Sanjay Raut to respond to ED plea against bail

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut to file an affidavit in reply to the Enforcement Directorate ED application seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in a money laundering case by a special courtA single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre also permitted the ED to amend its application as the order of the special court that granted bail to Sanjay Raut was not available on Wednesday when the application was filedThe matter will be next heard on November 25Apart from Sanjay Raut a prominent leader of the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray the central agency has also challenged the bail granted to coaccused Pravin Raut a businessmanAlso Read JNU asks its security to submit report on clashes between 2 groups of studentsThe applications shall be amended by November 14 The respondents Sanjay Raut and Pravin Raut shall file their reply affidavits one week thereafter The matter shall be heard on November 25 the court saidAdditional Solicitor General Anil Singh appearing for the ED sought for the matter to be beard earlier on November 21The special court has made certain uncalled for remarks We are very affected by that Singh arguedJustice Dangre however said in every order some remarks are made that have their effectNothing will happen if it the plea is heard one or two days later she saidSoon after the special court granted bail to Sanjay Raut and Pravin Raut on Wednesday the antimoney laundering agency filed a petition in the HC seeking cancellation of their bailThe agency had sought the HC to grant an urgent interim stay on the bail order Justice Dangre had on Wednesday however refused to stay the order without first hearing all parties concernedSanjay Raut was granted bail by special PMLA judge M G Deshpande on Wednesday over hundred days after he was arrested in the money laundering case related to redevelopment of Patra Chawl a chawl is row of old tenements in suburban GoregaonHe walked out of the Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai on Wednesday evening after completing all bail formalitiesThe special court in its order had termed the Rajya Sabha members arrest as illegal without reason and a witchhuntThe ED in its application said the special court order was bad in law and deserves to be set aside It claimed the special court has failed to appreciate the evidence submitted by the ED in the case against the accused personsThe Special Court failed to appreciate that offence of money laundering is a grave economic offence which is committed by wellplanned conspiracy and is as heinous if not more than an act of murder or terrorism the central agency saidThis 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