{"id":47236,"date":"2017-03-04T09:24:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T03:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47236"},"modified":"2017-03-04T09:24:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T03:54:50","slug":"vvip-chopper-deal-associates-suspected-middleman-get-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/vvip-chopper-deal-associates-suspected-middleman-get-bail","title":{"rendered":"VVIP chopper deal: Associates of suspected middleman get bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44107\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-rspl-officials-get-3-yrs-jail\/criminal-law-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"261,193\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"criminal law\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?resize=261%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VVIP chopper deal: Associates of suspected middleman get bail\" width=\"261\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VVIP chopper deal: Associates of suspected middleman get bail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two Indian associates of alleged middleman Christian Michel James were today granted bail by a special court in a money laundering case relating to the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.<\/p>\n<p>Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed the bail pleas of accused R K Nanda and J B Subramaniyam, who were earlier summoned by the court.<\/p>\n<p>The court granted them the relief on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs one lakh and a surety of the like amount.<\/p>\n<p>It also directed them not to leave the country without the court&#8217;s prior permission and not to tamper with the evidence or influence the witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Advocate N K Matta, who represented the Enforcement Directorate, opposed the bail applications saying there was enough evidence on record to show the involvement of the two accused in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The court had last year issued an open-ended non-bailable warrant against James, a British national, while summoning his Indian associates and M\/s Media Exim Private Limited in the case. The firm was created by James, along with Nanda and Subramaniyam who are directors of the firm.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Indian associates of alleged middleman Christian Michel James were today granted bail by a special court in a money laundering case relating to the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal. Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed the bail pleas of accused R K Nanda and J B Subramaniyam, who were earlier summoned by the court. 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