HC rejects bail pleas of five corporate executives in 2G case

New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) The bail pleas of five
corporate executives, including Unitech group MD Sanjay
Chandra and Group MD of Reliance ADAG Gautam Doshi, in the 2G
scam case were Monday dismissed by the Delhi High Court.
The other corporate accused whose bail plea were
rejected included D B Realty promoter Vinod Goenka and
Reliance officials Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara, who are in
jail since April 20.
"All the five bail applications are baseless," Justice
Ajit Bharihoke said in his terse oral order.
The judge did not read out the operative portions of
his order. All the corporate accused had challenged the special
CBI court's order declining their bail pleas and directing
their arrest on April 20.
Senior advocate U U Lalit, the Supreme Court-appointed
CBI prosecutor had opposed the bail pleas, saying the
corporate bodies and individuals were direct beneficiaries of
the spectrum deal and they were involved in a conspiracy along
with former Telecom Minister A Raja to obtain benefits.
Besides the five corporate leaders, CBI has named nine
persons including Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi and three
companies as accused in the case.
Other accused in the case are Swan Telecom Promoter
Shahid Usman Balwa, former Telecom Secretary Siddhartha
Behura, Raja's personal Secretary R K Chandolia, Directors of
Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa and Rajeev
Agarwal.
Director of Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd Karim Morani and
Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd MD Sharad Kumar are also accused in the
case.
The companies, which have been named as accused in the
case, are Reliance Communications, Swan Telecom and Unitech
Wireless.