Mumbai Court denies bail to NCP leader Anil Deshmukh in corruption case
Anil Deshmukh, former Maharashtra Home Minister, has been denied bail in a corruption case relating to the transfer and postings of police personnel.
;A Mumbai Court today dismissed the bail plea filed by former Maharashtra Home Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case filed against him. The order was pronounced by Special Judge SH Gwalani.
Recently, a Special CBI court had remanded Deshmukh in CBI's custody till April 11, 2022. Seeking Deshmukh's custody for ten days, the CBI had submitted that they wanted to take Deshmukh to Delhi for enquiry.
In July last year, the Bombay High Court had held that the CBI can inquire into the allegations of corruption in transfer and postings of police personnel against Deshmukh.
Accordingly, an FIR was registered against Deshmukh on April 24, 2021, on charges of corruption and misconduct following an inquiry that the CBI had conducted.
This inquiry was conducted by the CBI in compliance with the Bombay High Court's order in a plea filed by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
High Court had also refused to quash the FIR lodged by the CBI against Deshmukh. Court had then observed, "The agency can legitimately probe the reinstatement of Waze after 15 years only to the extent that it links with the probe in the Rs 100 crore corruption case against Deshmukh."
Notably, a petition filed by the Maharashtra government seeking deletion of certain portions of the CBI’s FIR against Deshmukh was also dismissed by the High Court last year.
Also, the Bombay High Court had, in August last year, questioned the Maharashtra state government’s refusal to share documents with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its probe against the former Home Minister.