New Delhi, May 02: The Delhi High Court today issued
notice to the CBI on the bail application of former DDA
commissioner (land and development) Anand Mohan Sharan, who is
currently in judicial custody in connection with DDA scam
case.
Justice R C Chopra, who issued the notice to the CBI,
also asked the investigating officer of the case to be present
before the court along with the case diary on may 16, the next
date of hearing.
In the bail application moved through counsel Siddharth
Luthra and Pramod Dubey, Sharan sought his release on bail on
the grounds that the investigation was already complete and
that he was no longer required for custodial investigation.
Sharan, an IAS officer of the 1990 batch, was arrested on
March 28 after the CBI recovered Rs 36 lakh in cash in a raid
at his residence a day before.
Besides Sharan, other accused in the case are: DDA vice
chairman Subhash Sharma, businessman Dharam Bir Khattar,
director land Jagdish Chander, commissioner planning Vijay
Risbud, DLF representative Ajay Khanna, Ansal Buildwell's R K
Gogia, Ravinder Taneja and Mukesh Saini (private person).
Accused Subhash Sharma is also understood to have moved
his bail application which could come up for hearing on
Monday.
Bureau Report
