Maharashtra Court Grants Relaxation In Bail Conditions To Anil Deshmukh

The Mumbai court today granted relaxation in bail conditions to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in an alleged 100-crore extortion case.

Deshmukh who is out on conditional bail in the PMLA case registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been granted permission to travel to Nagpur and other places within the country till 18th June 2023.

Therefore, the former minister, booked in connection with an alleged Rs 100-crore extortion case and was granted conditional bail by the Bombay High Court on December 12 on a bond of ₹1 lakh.

According to the bail order, he wasn’t supposed to leave Mumbai without prior permission of the Court.

Now, the special court modified his bail conditions and granted him permission to travel outside Mumbai on certain conditions.

According to the court order, Deshmukh will deposit an amount of 1 lakh rupees as surety before traveling out from Mumbai. He will not handle the documents or involve himself in the functioning of the NGO where he was an office bearer and was allegedly involved in Money laundering from there.

Further, the order stated that he would share the full itinerary of his travel with ED in advance before leaving Mumbai.

Deshmukh was then arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in November 2021, which stated that he misused his position as state home minister and collected ₹4.70 crore from various bars in Mumbai through some police officers.

On January 3, former Deshmukh appeared at the CBI office in Bombay Kurla Complex after being granted conditional bail by the Bombay High Court in the case on December 28.

Among the bail conditions imposed by the HC was that Deshmukh can’t leave Mumbai without the prior approval of the trial court and must cooperate with the investigation.

Earlier the minister told the media that, “In accordance with instructions given by the high court while granting bail, I came to the CBI office to register my attendance. I am following the instructions of the court.”

Previously, he denied the allegations against him, claiming they were baseless.

Deshmukh stated that “Param Bir Singh (then Mumbai Police commissioner), in an affidavit submitted in court, stated that the accusations against me were based on hearsay and that he had no evidence against me.”

He said, “Param Bir Singh and Sachin Vaze (Mumbai Ex-cop) made false allegations and I had to stay in jail.”