MUMBAI : Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who was recently acquitted for ties with conman Sukesh Chandrashekar in a money laundering case, was granted bail by a Delhi court on Tuesday. The bail was granted by Additional Sessions Judge Shailendar Malik on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000 and one surety of the same amount. During earlier bail arguments, the judge had given a warning to the ED to not execute a ‘pick and choose policy’, and asked the agency questions as to why it did not arrest her before and were instead weighing out the case differently.
The actress has been accused of partaking in a crime in which conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar had reportedly extorted Rs. 200 crores from Aditi Singh, the wife of former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh.
In a hearing on 10th November, Senior advocate Sidharth Aggarwal, who appeared as Jacqueline’s representative, said that his client had cooperated with the investigation and allegations about her running away from the country, and tampering with witnesses was not justified.
Aggarwal had also pointed out that the supplementary chargesheet in the case was filed without her arrest and asked if there was a requirement to change the status now. The “prosecutor agency has me without any protection,” and has the “freedom to ask me any question”, he told the court.
The previous charge sheet released by the ED and another supplementary charge sheet did not mention her as one of the accused. However, the documents had mentioned details of the statements recorded by Jacqueline, and of dancer Nora Fatehi.
Special Public Prosecutor Shailesh N Pathak, who appeared for the ED, opposed her bail claiming that the agency was investigating the money laundering case of the amount of Rs. 200 crores, and have so far attached Rs. 7.1 crores in this case and may attach more properties in the course of their investigation.
Concluding his arguments, Pathak had shared to the court, “Despite knowing Sukesh, she was so desperately involved and tempted by the financial strength of Sukesh and continued in those criminal activities and enjoyed the process of crime. We have attached Rs. 7.1 crore. (There is) Every chance that we can attach more and more property.”
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Credits : The Indian Express
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