New Delhi: A Delhi court today granted
regular bail to Ajay Chautala, a Harayan MLA and son of
former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, in a
disproportionate assets case.
Special CBI Judge P S Teji allowed the application of
Chautala, who was on interim bail, for regular bail on
furnishing a personal and a surety of Rs one lakh each.
The court also granted regular bail to co-accused
Chetram, Om Prakash, Abhimanyu Singh, Rajender Kumar and
Netram.
All the accused had to mandatorily seek bail on their
appearance before the court which took cognisance of the
chargesheets filed by CBI against them.
CBI had on December 24 filed a chargesheet against the
two sons of Om Prakash Chautala -- Ajay and Abhay -- in the
case.
According to the chargesheet against Ajay, CBI claimed
he was in possession of assets to the tune of Rs 27.74 crore
-- 339 per cent more than his income Rs 8.17 crore during the
period of 1993 to 2006.
-PTI
First Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 23:03