Trial court order 'copy paste' from charge sheet: Anil Deshmukh

Trial court order 'copy paste' from charge sheet: Anil Deshmukh

Specific paragraphs occurring in the order which are in the form of observations or findings of the court are in fact a verbatim copy of the contents of the charge sheet filed by the CBI.

Bhavna UchilUpdated: Thursday, October 27, 2022, 09:45 PM IST
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Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh | ANI

Mumbai: NCP leader Anil Deshmukh has moved the Bombay High Court seeking bail in the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) corruption case. In his plea, the former home minister pointed out 28 instances of 'cut-copy-paste' of the agency's charge sheet by the special CBI court in its order rejecting his bail plea.

"It is disquieting to note that the trial court has virtually indulged in a cut-copy-paste job while denying bail to the applicant," the plea filed before the HC on Wednesday said.

Specific paragraphs are a verbatim copy of charge sheet

"Specific paragraphs occurring in the order which are in the form of observations or findings of the court are in fact a verbatim copy of the contents of the charge sheet filed by the CBI," it alleged. The plea then in a tabulated form demonstrated the instances of "verbatim copy" with one column showing the allegations in the charge sheet and the opposite one, the contents of the order.

The CBI has alleged corruption by Deshmukh in police transfers and illegal collections from restobar owners by misusing his position when he was the state home minister.

ED has registered a case against him based on the CBI's allegations

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case against him based on the CBI's allegations and probed the money laundering aspect of the offence. In this case, he had secured bail from the Bombay HC early this month.

Following this, he approached the special CBI court for bail as he would continue to remain in the custody of the CBI court even after bail in the ED case. On Oct 21, the special CBI court rejected his bail plea.

In his bail plea before the HC, Deshmukh further said that considering that he is a septuagenarian with numerous health ailments and the time he had undergone in prison as an undertrial, the order has dealt a death knell to his fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 (right to life) of the Constitution.

It said the order does not qualify for the test of either legality, fairness or justice. He also sought temporary bail till the application is heard and decided.

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