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Synopsis

Revenue Officer and former NCB officer, Sameer Wankhede has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate against him.

The ED has accused him of allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs. 25 crores from Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, in return for not framing his son in the Cordelia Drugs Cruise Ship Case.

The Enforcement Directorate initiated the case against Wankhede after the CBI filed an FIR against him.

The FIR filed by CBI alleged offences under sections 7 (bribery), 7A (undue advantage to influence a public servant by illegal means), and 12 (abetment) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, along with sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 388 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code

Wankhede has sought interim protection from arrest until the high court hears his petition.

The petition will likely be listed before the division bench of Justice PD Naik and Justice NR Borkar on February 15.

The case relates to the investigation initiated by the NCB Unit of Mumbai, which conducted a drug seizure from a cruise heading to Goa from Mumbai. The NCB arrested 20 individuals, including Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan.

The high court is also hearing the petition filed by Wankhede to quash the FIR filed by the CBI against him.

Wankhede has been granted interim protection from arrest by the high court in the CBI case until his petition is heard.

Case title: Sameer Wankhede vs ED