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Court was told today that its earlier order granting him interim bail had restricted his travel outside Delhi, permitting him to only visit his hometown Hyderabad
The Supreme Court today has granted bail to Abhishek Boinpally, a Hyderabad-based businessman and accused in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case.
Boinpally was granted interim bail on March 6 this year and said relief granted to him was extended from time to time.
A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar noted that all other accused in the case were on bail.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju appeared for ED and said before court today that he was in their hands.
In July last year, the Delhi High Court had "rejected" Boinpally's bail plea after which he had moved the supreme court in August 2023.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma of Delhi High Court had held, "The learned trial court has examined the case on merits and has reached to a finding which is duly supported by this court. I do not find any illegality in the order of the trial court.....the accused person in the present case acting in furtherance of a conspiracy, circumvented the policy and got framed the policy in such a way that to continuously generate and channel illegal fund."
Boinpally was a Director of Anoos Electrolysis & Obesity Pvt. Ltd, Anoos Health & Wellness Pvt. Ltd., Robin Distribution LLP, Agasti Ventures, SS Mines & Minerals, Master Sand LLP, Neoverse Realty Pvt. Ltd., Zeus Networking Pvt. Ltd and Valuecare Esthetic Pvt. Ltd.
Before the High Court, opposing Boinpally's bail plea, Special Public Prosecutor Zoheb Hossain had submitted that, “Boinpally is one of the key persons from the South Group in giving bribes of Rs.200 crore through Vijay Nair. He has been 'neck deep' in the conspiracy”. Hossain, on behalf of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), dealing with the allegation of 'Illegal arrest', had stated that there was absolutely no violation, nor the Special Judge had pointed out any violation.
In December 2023, the top court had also granted bail to Hyderabad-based businessman Benoy Babu, considering the fact that Babu had been in custody for the past 13 months and the trial in the case had not even commenced.
It is also to be noted that on February 16, 2023 the Special Judge MK Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi had denied bail to Babu, Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinpally, Sameer Mahendru, and Sarath P Reddy, all of whom were arrested by ED in the money laundering case related to the Delhi Liquor scam.
Case Title: Abhishek Boinpally vs. ED
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