New Delhi, May 22 (). The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the medical examination of the wife of Raghava Magunta, son of YSR Congress Party MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, in a money laundering case related to the excise policy.
Magunta told Rouse Avenue Court Special Judge M.K. Nagpal’s May 8 order rejected his interim bail plea filed on the ground of his wife’s deteriorating health condition.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which was earlier asked by the High Court to present its stand on Magunta’s plea, opposed his plea saying that evidence could be tampered with and that the accused’s wife would be questioned before being granted interim bail. Medical examination is necessary in a government hospital.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma then directed that the medical examination of the accused’s wife be conducted at the ESIC Medical College in Chennai within seven days. The investigating agency, however, said that the medical examination of Magunta’s wife should be done in a hospital in Delhi or Andhra Pradesh.
Arguing that the wife of the accused cannot be displaced, Magunta’s counsel said that the medical examination should be conducted only at a hospital in Chennai and his client should be released during that period to help the wife. .
The court has fixed the matter for further hearing on May 29.
The documents presented did not highlight any significant or serious health issues, leading the court to conclude that Magunta’s absence could potentially be looked after by other family members.
The court, in its order, had noted that Magunta did not argue that no one from his family was available to discharge the responsibility. Consequently, the application for interim bail was devoid of merit.
According to the ED’s charge sheet, a part of the alleged Rs 100 crore bribe was used by the Aam Aadmi Party in the Goa assembly election campaign. This money-laundering case is based on an FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
SGK
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