Amruta Fadnavis blackmail case: Bombay HC dismisses Anil Jaisinghani's plea alleging 'iilegal arrest'

A Division Bench of Justices AS Gadkari and PD Naik dismissed the petition observing that it was devoid of merit.

Urvi Mahajani Updated: Tuesday, April 04, 2023, 12:13 AM IST
Amruta Fadnavis blackmail case: Mumbai court rejects bail plea of cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani | File Photo

Amruta Fadnavis blackmail case: Mumbai court rejects bail plea of cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani | File Photo

The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by bookie Anil Jaisinghani challenging his โ€œillegalโ€ arrest in an extortion and bribery case lodged by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavisโ€™s wife, Amruta Fadnavis.

A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and PD Naik dismissed the petition observing that it was devoid of merit.

Jaisinghani was arrested in Gujarat and is currently in judicial custody.

๐—๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น

He had filed a petition claiming that he had been illegally arrested on March 19, but was not produced before the court within 24 hours, as mandated in law.

His advocates, Mrigendra Singh and Mannan Sanghai, contended that he was produced before the sessions court in Mumbai 36 hours after his arrest. They further alleged that the case was being monitored by the complainantโ€™s husband, who is the stateโ€™s home minister.

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—”๐—š

Denying the allegations, Advocate General Birendra Saraf said the police had followed the legal procedures and that there had been no delay in producing Jaisinghani before the court for remand.

As per the arrest memo, Jaisinghani was arrested on March 20 at 5pm and was produced before the sessions court on March 21, Saraf said.

Jaisinghani had also sought bail from sessions court, which was rejected on April 1. He continues to remain in judicial custody.

Opposing Jaisinghaniโ€™s bail, the prosecution had pointed out that at one point there were 17 FIRs against him and that he had been absconding in many of them and the nature of the offence must be considered.

Jaisinghani has also been remanded to the custody of the Madhya Pradesh Police in an excise case.

๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€

On February 20, the Malabar Hill Police Station registered an FIR against Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha for allegedly threatening to make public certain audio and video clips that purportedly show Fadnavis accepting favours from Aniksha. They were booked for offences under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 385 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 8 (induce public servant using corrupt means) and 12 (abetment) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Aniksha, who was arrested on March 17, was granted bail in the case by a sessions court on March 27.

Published on: Monday, April 03, 2023, 11:25 AM IST

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