New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought CBI's response on the bail plea of an accused arrested by the agency along with Syndicate Bank CMD Sudhir Kumar Jain and others in connection with a bribery case.
Justice Sunita Gupta issued a notice and sought replies of CBI on the bail plea of Arun Aggarwal, who is alleged to be the Chief Financial Officer of Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd, and listed the matter for hearing on September 26.
The court also sought a status report from CBI on Aggarwal's plea before the next date of hearing when it will also hear the bail applications of two other accused in the case, Vijay Pahuja and Vipul Aggarwal.
Arun Aggarwal has moved the high court after his bail plea was dismissed by a special CBI court on September 8.
The trial court had refused to grant him the relief saying the probe into the case was at a "crucial stage".
The court had on that date also rejected the bail plea of Pahuja who, according to CBI, was acting as an "agent" for receiving illegal gratification.
Aggarwal had argued before the trial court that neither his client was associated with Bhushan Steel Ltd nor he was an employee of the firm and that it was a case of "mistaken identity".
CBI had countered Aggarwal?s submissions saying Aggarwal was the Chief Financial Officer of Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd and was in touch with co-accused Jain.
