Bail Plea

Fake antique dealer Monson Mavunkal has been denied bail by Kerala High Court, on July 14. Mavunkal was arrested in multiple sexual assault cases, which include a POCSO case. "Money, politics and the police force are invested to throw the petitioners behind bars," contended Mavunkal's counsel. Furthermore, Mavunkal has also been accused for making crores of rupees by selling fake antiques.

Special CBI court hearing the corruption case against former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh, rejected the bail plea of accused Sachin Waze. Allegedly, Sachin Waze, a suspended cop, extorted around Rs 4.70 crore from Orchestra bars in Mumbai. Reportedly, the money was supposed to be paid to Deshmukh, who had ordered the police personnel to collect at least Rs 100 crore every month from bars and restaurants in Mumbai.

An accused in the 2016 murder of an RSS worker was denied bail for the third time by a special NIA court in Karnataka. Asim Sheriff has been in detention since November 1, 2016, and is "accused number five" in the case. The bail argument was rejected because the Supreme Court "clearly held that successive bail application is maintainable only in changed circumstances, but not on the same grounds."

The Supreme Court (SC) rejected the bail plea of NCP leader Nawab Malik on April 22. The Apex Court bench led by DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant said, "We can't interfere with the due process at this stage". The court also asked Malik's advocate to file a fresh bail plea before the special Bombay court. Notably, Nawab Malik is in ED's judicial custody for investigation in a money laundering case.

In a disappointment to Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav, the HC has deferred his bail plea to April 1. Notably, the former Bihar CM has been convicted in five fodder scam case, during his tenure as the state CM. Recently, the CBI court found Yadav guilty and announced five year imprisonment and Rs. 60 lakh fine. However, Lalu Prasad Yadav filed a bail plea in the Jharkhand HC.