Delhi High Court reserves order on Kanimozhi's bail plea

Delhi High Court reserves order on Kanimozhi's bail plea |Delhi High Court reserves order on Kanimozhi's bail plea

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has reserved its order on the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi, arrested and jailed in connection with the 2G scam. She has been behind bars at Tihar Jail for more than two weeks now.

Kanimozhi's lawyer today argued that her case is different from that of the five corporate honchos - Sanjay Chandra, former MD, Unitech Ltd and Unitech Wireless, Vinod Goenka, MD, DB Realty and Swan Telecom (now Etisalat), Gautam Doshi, Group MD, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) and Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara, Senior Vice Presidents, ADAG - as they were named in the very first chargesheet and they are officials of telecom companies.

The lawyer also argued that Kanimozhi had nothing to do with spectrum allocation and that Rs. 214 crore given to Kalaignar TV not a bribe but a loan, duly returned with interest through cheques.

Justice Ajit Bharihoke, after hearing detailed arguments on the bail applications of the accused, said the order on their pleas would be pronounced later.

Kanimozhi had moved the High Court after the special CBI court had dismissed her bail pleas and ordered her arrest on May 20.

Earlier today, a court rejected the bail plea of Cineyug Films' Karim Morani, one of the accused in the 2G scam case. Morani is accused of facilitating kickback payments to Kalaignar TV.

A special CBI court had, last Thursday, reserved its order on his bail plea. Morani has been named by the CBI as a co-conspirator in the 2G scam. He has been getting exemption from personal appearance on the ground of ill health.

Kanimozhi has been charged by the CBI with allegedly conspiring with former Telecom Minister A Raja and accepting Rs. 214 crore as bribe via Kalaignar TV, in which she owns 20% stake. Raja, a DMK MP and a Dalit leader, has been in Tihar Jail since February for allegedly planning and executing the 2G scam when he was Telecom Minister in 2008. A company that he favoured allegedly sent him the massive bribe.

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