{"id":14207,"date":"2011-10-31T18:51:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=14207"},"modified":"2011-10-31T18:53:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:23:36","slug":"cash-for-votes-court-issues-notice-to-delhi-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cash-for-votes-court-issues-notice-to-delhi-police","title":{"rendered":"Cash-for-votes: Court issues notice to Delhi Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/cash-for-votes-court-issues-notice-to-delhi-police\/cash-for-vote-scam\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14209\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14209\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cash-for-votes-court-issues-notice-to-delhi-police\/cash-for-vote-scam\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/cash-for-vote-scam.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cash-for-vote-scam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/cash-for-vote-scam.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14209\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/cash-for-vote-scam-150x112.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/cash-for-vote-scam.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/cash-for-vote-scam.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to Delhi Police on the bail pleas of Sudheendra Kulkarni, advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora who are accused in the cash-for-votes scam during the 2008 trust vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Justice M.L. Mehta sought the response of Delhi Police by Nov 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Kulkarni, who has been in jail since Sep 27, has challenged the trial court\u2019s rejection of his bail plea saying he was the \u201cguiding star\u201d and \u201cfacilitator\u201d of the \u201cconspiracy aimed at mocking\u201d the republic of India.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In the petition filed through advocate Mahipal Ahluwalia, Kulkarni said that he along with the BJP MPs got involved in the sting operation, conducted by a private news channel, only to expose the \u201chorse trading\u201d that was going on to save the United Progressive Alliance government in the trust vote in the Lok Sabha July 22, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Kulkarni has been chargesheeted for criminal conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Notice was also issued to Delhi Police after taking note of the bail application filed by political worker Suhail Hindustani, who is also behind bars for his alleged role in the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Hindustani approached the court challenging the verdict of the trial court that dismissed the bail pleas of the accused.<\/p>\n<p>Besides former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, BJP MP Ashok Argal and Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh have also been named accused in the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The high court earlier granted bail to Amar Sigh on medical grounds and stayed the summoning order issued by the trial court to Rewati Raman Singh.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Besides Hindustani, Amar Singh\u2019s former aide Sanjeev Saxena is also facing prosecution in the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Questioning the police probe, Kulaste, who filed his petition through advocate Anil Soni, said he was entitled to bail as the investigation in the case was \u201ctainted\u201d and the police had not yet traced the money trail.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The trial court, while dismissing the bail pleas of Kulaste and Bhagora, said that it appeared that since July 21, 2008, the accused remained a part of the criminal conspiracy hatched between Hindustani and Kulkarni.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Kulkarni, along with the two BJP leaders, is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. Saxena is also in judicial custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Kulaste and Bhagora were arrested Sep 6 along with Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to Delhi Police on the bail pleas of Sudheendra Kulkarni, advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora who are accused in the cash-for-votes scam during the 2008 trust vote. \u00a0Justice M.L. 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