2G case: Court defers bail pleas till framing of charges

New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) A Delhi court on Monday deferred
the bail pleas of five accused in the 2G spectrum allocation
case, including former telecom minister A Raja's private
secretary R K Chandolia and Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman
Balwa, till it pronounces order on framing of charges.
Special Judge O P Saini deferred till October 17 the bail
pleas of three accused -- Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt
Ltd directors Asif Balwa and Rajeev Aggarwal and Cineyug Films
Pvt Ltd director Karim Morani -- while the pleas of Chandolia
and Balwa would come up on October 18.
Special Judge Saini deferred the hearing saying he would
like to hear their bail pleas after framing of charges which
he has tentatively slated for October 15.
"I will prefer if we take these bail applications on
October 17," Saini told the counsel for the accused.
"I have given you a tentative date of October 15 for
pronouncing order on charge but if you will not allow me to
study or to read documents then the order would not come by 15
also," he said.
Earlier on October 1, hearings on the bail pleas of DMK
MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, both co-accused
in the case, were deferred till framing of charges in the case
as the apex court, while dismissing their bail pleas on June
20, had said such applications could be taken up only after
charges are framed in the case.
The CBI had also opposed their bail pleas on the ground
that they could be entertained only after framing of charges.
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