A Delhi court has asked the CBI to respond to the bail plea of journalist Upendra Rai, who is under arrest for his alleged involvement in dubious financial transactions.

Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann directed the central probe agency to respond by May 18 on Rai’s application which has claimed that no purpose will be served by keeping him in further custody.

Rai, arrested by the CBI on May 3, is currently in the judicial custody.

The Delhi-based scribe was arrested for allegedly indulging in dubious financial transactions and getting an airport access pass made by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) by furnishing false information.

In his bail application, Rai has said he was not required for further custodial interrogation since the CBI’s plea for this was rejected by the court on May 9.

The Supreme Court had on May 4 refused to interfere with his arrest. In his application seeking protection from arrest, Rai had claimed he was framed in the case because of his writings against an ED officer who was part of the team probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.

Prasun Roy, chief security officer of Air One Aviation Pvt Ltd, was also booked by the CBI in the case. The probe agency had carried out searches at eight locations in Lucknow, Noida, Delhi and Mumbai.

In its FIR, the agency has alleged that going by the value of the transactions of over Rs one lakh during 2017, Rai’s accounts received Rs 79 crore while Rs 78.51 crore was debited from it during the same period.

The Delhi-based scribe was arrested for allegedly indulging in dubious financial transactions and getting an airport access pass made by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) by furnishing false information.

A Delhi court has asked the CBI to respond to the bail plea of journalist Upendra Rai, who is under arrest for his alleged involvement in dubious financial transactions. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann directed the central probe agency to respond by May 18 on Rai’s application which has claimed that no purpose will be served by keeping him in further custody. Rai, arrested by the CBI on May 3, is currently in the judicial custody. The Delhi-based scribe was arrested for allegedly indulging in dubious financial transactions and getting an airport access pass made by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) by furnishing false information. In his bail application, Rai has said he was not required for further custodial interrogation since the CBI’s plea for this was rejected by the court on May 9. The Supreme Court had on May 4 refused to interfere with his arrest. In his application seeking protection from arrest, Rai had claimed he was framed in the case because of his writings against an ED officer who was part of the team probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. Prasun Roy, chief security officer of Air One Aviation Pvt Ltd, was also booked by the CBI in the case. The probe agency had carried out searches at eight locations in Lucknow, Noida, Delhi and Mumbai. In its FIR, the agency has alleged that going by the value of the transactions of over Rs one lakh during 2017, Rai’s accounts received Rs 79 crore while Rs 78.51 crore was debited from it during the same period.

Court seeks CBI’s response on journalist Upendra Rai’s bail plea

Salman Khan was in Jodhpur sessions court today where his defence started presenting a bail plea in front of the judges. However, due to a shortage of time, the<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/jodhpur-court-rejects-salman-khans-bail-plea-in-blackbuck-poaching-case-128692"> bail plea was reserved for tomorrow</a>. This means that&nbsp;the actor will have to spend one more night in the jail. <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/qaidi-no-106-salman-given-dal-roti-in-jail-128652">Also Read:&nbsp;Qaidi No. 106 Salman given dal-roti in jail</a>

The actor was convicted on April 5 in 1998 blackbuck poaching case for killing two blackbucks in Kankani village in Rajasthan while shooting for the film “Hum Saath Saath Hain”.&nbsp;

<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/entertainment-bollywood-defends-bhai-salman-khan-cite-his-humanitarian-work--128675">Also Read:&nbsp;Bollywood defends 'Bhai' Salman Khan, cite his 'humanitarian work'</a>

As Salman and his fans were hoping for the bail to be accepted, the actor’s 76-year-old nanny, Rukmani spoke in an exclusive interview to Zee media about her connection with him.&nbsp;

In the interview, Rukmani revealed that Salman was born in an Indore hospital where she took care of him. She also reminisced the time when Salman came to visit her in Indore, 6 years back.&nbsp;

Hoping for Salman to get released at the earliest, Rukmani said, “I am praying to God for Salman’s release, that he gets bail at the earliest. I will offer 5 coconuts at the temple to Lord Hanuman as it happens.”

Salman Khan's bail plea has been reserved for tomorrow instead of today by Jodhpur session court.

Salman Khan was in Jodhpur sessions court today where his defence started presenting a bail plea in front of the judges. However, due to a shortage of time, the bail plea was reserved for tomorrow. This means that the actor will have to spend one more night in the jail. Also Read: Qaidi No. 106 Salman given dal-roti in jail The actor was convicted on April 5 in 1998 blackbuck poaching case for killing two blackbucks in Kankani village in Rajasthan while shooting for the film “Hum Saath Saath Hain”. Also Read: Bollywood defends 'Bhai' Salman Khan, cite his 'humanitarian work' As Salman and his fans were hoping for the bail to be accepted, the actor’s 76-year-old nanny, Rukmani spoke in an exclusive interview to Zee media about her connection with him. In the interview, Rukmani revealed that Salman was born in an Indore hospital where she took care of him. She also reminisced the time when Salman came to visit her in Indore, 6 years back. Hoping for Salman to get released at the earliest, Rukmani said, “I am praying to God for Salman’s release, that he gets bail at the earliest. I will offer 5 coconuts at the temple to Lord Hanuman as it happens.”

Salman Khan's 76-year-old nanny's prayers not granted, bail delayed by one more day

Bangladesh&#39;s Supreme Court today stayed a high court order granting bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in a <a href="http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/ex-bangladesh-pm-khaleda-zia-sentenced-to-5-years-in-graft-case-32203" target="_blank">corruption case</a>, a media report said.

Zia, 72, was sentenced to five years in jail on February 8 in connection with the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about USD 250,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her late husband Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turned-politician.

On March 12, the High Court here granted the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a four-month interim bail.

Opinion: <a href="http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/opinion-a-jailed-khaleda-zia-is-more-popular-than-a-free-one-32961" target="_blank">A jailed Khaleda Zia is more popular than a free one</a>

However, today a full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order to stay until May 8 the high court order which granted bail to Zia in the graft case.

Following today&#39;s Supreme Court order, Zia cannot get released from jail till May 8, Anti-Corruption Commission&#39;s lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan was quoted as saying by the report.

Earlier on March 15, the ACC and the state filed two leave-to-appeal petitions before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, challenging the BNP chief&#39;s bail. PTI

Zia, 72, was sentenced to five years in jail on February 8 in connection with the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about USD 250,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust

Bangladesh's Supreme Court today stayed a high court order granting bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in a corruption case, a media report said. Zia, 72, was sentenced to five years in jail on February 8 in connection with the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about USD 250,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her late husband Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turned-politician. On March 12, the High Court here granted the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a four-month interim bail. Opinion: A jailed Khaleda Zia is more popular than a free one However, today a full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order to stay until May 8 the high court order which granted bail to Zia in the graft case. Following today's Supreme Court order, Zia cannot get released from jail till May 8, Anti-Corruption Commission's lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan was quoted as saying by the report. Earlier on March 15, the ACC and the state filed two leave-to-appeal petitions before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, challenging the BNP chief's bail. PTI

Bangladesh Supreme Court stays HC order on Zia's bail

The Westminster magistrates&#39; court in London on Thursday decided to extend liquor baron Vijay Mallya&#39;s bail till April 2 in association with his extradition case.&nbsp;

The bail raised concerns over the reliability of evidence provided by India. Judge Emma Arbuthnot has extended Mallya&#39;s &pound;650,000 bail.&nbsp;

Mallya was accompanied by his wife Pinky Lalwani and his son Siddharth Mallya.&nbsp;

Questions were raised over Mallya&#39;s&nbsp;admissibility, reliability and evidentiary value of documents submitted by India, in particular, the statements submitted by a wide array of witnesses such as banking officials.

&quot;Many of the documents that the Indian government relies on are unsubstantiated assertions which have been proven to be unreliable or false while others are hearsay or narrative accounts or statements made ex-post facto&quot;, Mallya&#39;s defence counsel Clare Montgomery&nbsp;said.

It was also brought to notice that there were no supporting documents in relation to the IDBI Bank case, which is the main axis on which the extradition trial hinges.

&quot;Some of these statements not only had the same words by the same typos. For example, there are similar anomalies in witness statements made by different individuals weeks apart&quot;, Montgomery said, prompting laughter in the court, much to the discomfiture of representatives of the Indian government.

&quot;Much evidence suggests that officers, in this case, have not behaved in a reliable manner. For instance, they have completely failed to reveal to the court the background of how the lending was approved by various banks, have submitted misleading statements, pro-forma statements and statements that were false&quot;, Montgomery said.

She also pointed to a number of Indian law commission reports that have &quot;unanimously&quot; agreed that investigators often &quot;project&quot; their biases on to witnesses.&nbsp;

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), arguing on behalf of the Indian government, has been asked to revert to the court by January 22.&nbsp;

Also read:<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/indian-jails-over-crowded-with-poor-hygiene-mallyas-defence-26778">&nbsp;Indian jails overcrowded with poor hygiene: Mallya&#39;s defence lawyer</a>

The Delhi court on January 4 had declared beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya a proclaimed offender for evading summons in a FERA violation case.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat passed the order after noting that Mallya <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/vijay-mallya-declared-proclaimed-offender-by-delhi-court-28547" target="_blank">failed to appear</a> before it despite repeated summons.

Mallya, who is undergoing an extradition trial over Rs 9,000-crore fraud and money laundering charges, will face a parallel litigation brought by 13 Indian banks to <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/more-trouble-for-mallya-hearing-of-litigation-seeking-to-freeze-usd-15-billion-of-his-assets-next-year-26725" target="_blank">freeze nearly $1.5 billion of his assets</a>.

(With inputs from ANI)

The bail raised concerns over the reliability of evidence provided by India. Judge Emma Arbuthnot has extended Mallya's £650,000 bail

The Westminster magistrates' court in London on Thursday decided to extend liquor baron Vijay Mallya's bail till April 2 in association with his extradition case. The bail raised concerns over the reliability of evidence provided by India. Judge Emma Arbuthnot has extended Mallya's £650,000 bail. Mallya was accompanied by his wife Pinky Lalwani and his son Siddharth Mallya. Questions were raised over Mallya's admissibility, reliability and evidentiary value of documents submitted by India, in particular, the statements submitted by a wide array of witnesses such as banking officials. "Many of the documents that the Indian government relies on are unsubstantiated assertions which have been proven to be unreliable or false while others are hearsay or narrative accounts or statements made ex-post facto", Mallya's defence counsel Clare Montgomery said. It was also brought to notice that there were no supporting documents in relation to the IDBI Bank case, which is the main axis on which the extradition trial hinges. "Some of these statements not only had the same words by the same typos. For example, there are similar anomalies in witness statements made by different individuals weeks apart", Montgomery said, prompting laughter in the court, much to the discomfiture of representatives of the Indian government. "Much evidence suggests that officers, in this case, have not behaved in a reliable manner. For instance, they have completely failed to reveal to the court the background of how the lending was approved by various banks, have submitted misleading statements, pro-forma statements and statements that were false", Montgomery said. She also pointed to a number of Indian law commission reports that have "unanimously" agreed that investigators often "project" their biases on to witnesses. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), arguing on behalf of the Indian government, has been asked to revert to the court by January 22. Also read: Indian jails overcrowded with poor hygiene: Mallya's defence lawyer The Delhi court on January 4 had declared beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya a proclaimed offender for evading summons in a FERA violation case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat passed the order after noting that Mallya failed to appear before it despite repeated summons. Mallya, who is undergoing an extradition trial over Rs 9,000-crore fraud and money laundering charges, will face a parallel litigation brought by 13 Indian banks to freeze nearly $1.5 billion of his assets. (With inputs from ANI)

Vijay Mallya's bail extended till April 2, concerns raised over reliability of evidence

The family of seven-year-old Pradyuman, who was killed on September 8 inside the Ryan International School in Gurugram, on Monday filed a petition challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the Pintos, founders of the Ryan Group of Institutions, by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

&quot;We are filing a petition challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the Pintos by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. We are challenging the manner the anticipatory bail is granted to them,&quot; Sushil Tekriwal, Pradyuman`s father Varun Thakur`s lawyer in the case, told ANI.

He added, &quot;The CBI has categorically said in the reply that they were a part of or they could be a part of the larger conspiracy and possible destruction of evidence. They are also opposing the ban granted to the family.&#39;&#39;&nbsp;

The High Court had, on November 21, granted an anticipatory bail to the Pinto family, in connection with the case.

The court bench of Justice Surender Gupta also barred them from leaving the country without permission and directed the family to extend their help in the investigation.

Pradyuman was found in a pool of blood with his throat slit inside the school, sparking a public outcry following which the Gurugram Police arrested bus conductor Ashok, accusing him of killing the seven-year-old student. But the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is now probing the matter, gave him a clean chit and held a class 11 student responsible for the murder.&nbsp;

The High Court had, on November 21, granted an anticipatory bail to the Pinto family, in connection with the case

The family of seven-year-old Pradyuman, who was killed on September 8 inside the Ryan International School in Gurugram, on Monday filed a petition challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the Pintos, founders of the Ryan Group of Institutions, by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. "We are filing a petition challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the Pintos by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. We are challenging the manner the anticipatory bail is granted to them," Sushil Tekriwal, Pradyuman`s father Varun Thakur`s lawyer in the case, told ANI. He added, "The CBI has categorically said in the reply that they were a part of or they could be a part of the larger conspiracy and possible destruction of evidence. They are also opposing the ban granted to the family.'' The High Court had, on November 21, granted an anticipatory bail to the Pinto family, in connection with the case. The court bench of Justice Surender Gupta also barred them from leaving the country without permission and directed the family to extend their help in the investigation. Pradyuman was found in a pool of blood with his throat slit inside the school, sparking a public outcry following which the Gurugram Police arrested bus conductor Ashok, accusing him of killing the seven-year-old student. But the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is now probing the matter, gave him a clean chit and held a class 11 student responsible for the murder.

Pradyuman murder case: Family files petition in SC challenging bail granted to Pintos

&nbsp;A defiant Vijay Mallya today appeared at Westminster Magistrates&nbsp;Court in London for his pre-trial hearing where the liquor baron&#39;s extradition hearing was confirmed for eight days starting&nbsp;December 4.

The 61-year-old businessman, out on bail on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard earlier this year, was released by the judge on the same bail conditions and asked to appear at court on&nbsp;December 4.

The trial will last until&nbsp;December 14, with&nbsp;December 8&nbsp;marked as a non-sitting day.

Speaking to reporters as he left today&#39;s case management hearing, Mallya said he has repeatedly stressed that he has done nothing wrong and will let the evidence speak in court.

&quot;It will all become clear in court,&quot; he said.

The UKs Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is arguing the case against Mallya on behalf of the Indian authorities, had presented additional &quot;supplemental&quot; charges of money laundering to the previous charges of fraud at the last hearing in the case on&nbsp;October 3.

The previous fraud charges relate to?Mallya&#39;s now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owing more than Rs 9,000 crore to various Indian banks.

The UB Group chief has been on self-imposed exile in the UK since he left India on March 2, 2016.

The CPS said it was technically re-filing its extradition request in court, after the new charges &quot;superseded&quot; the previous ongoing case.

The judge, Chief Magistrate Emma Louise Arbuthnot, agreed to formally re-open a fresh case while keeping to the same time-table as set before.

However, she had concurred with Mallya&#39;s defence team that if further evidence keeps coming in it could put the&nbsp;December 4&nbsp;trial date at &quot;risk&quot; before releasing him on the same bail conditions as before.&nbsp;

The trial will last until?December 14, with?December 8?marked as a non-sitting day

A defiant Vijay Mallya today appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court in London for his pre-trial hearing where the liquor baron's extradition hearing was confirmed for eight days starting December 4. The 61-year-old businessman, out on bail on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard earlier this year, was released by the judge on the same bail conditions and asked to appear at court on December 4. The trial will last until December 14, with December 8 marked as a non-sitting day. Speaking to reporters as he left today's case management hearing, Mallya said he has repeatedly stressed that he has done nothing wrong and will let the evidence speak in court. "It will all become clear in court," he said. The UKs Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is arguing the case against Mallya on behalf of the Indian authorities, had presented additional "supplemental" charges of money laundering to the previous charges of fraud at the last hearing in the case on October 3. The previous fraud charges relate to?Mallya's now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owing more than Rs 9,000 crore to various Indian banks. The UB Group chief has been on self-imposed exile in the UK since he left India on March 2, 2016. The CPS said it was technically re-filing its extradition request in court, after the new charges "superseded" the previous ongoing case. The judge, Chief Magistrate Emma Louise Arbuthnot, agreed to formally re-open a fresh case while keeping to the same time-table as set before. However, she had concurred with Mallya's defence team that if further evidence keeps coming in it could put the December 4 trial date at "risk" before releasing him on the same bail conditions as before.

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