SC Refuses to Interfere with Bail to Ex-Maha Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Money Laundering Case
News 18The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court order on grant of bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case. On October 4, the high court had granted bail to the former minister in the case observing two components of credits” in the bank account of his family trust were not the proceeds of crime. The high court also said the statements given by former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh and dismissed officer Sachin Waze alleging that Deshmukh had taken money from police officers for favourable postings were “prima facie hearsay”. Param Bir Singh had alleged in March 2021 that Deshmukh, then the home minister, had given a target to police officers to collect Rs 100 crore per month from restaurants and bars in Mumbai.