{"id":50944,"date":"2017-12-19T12:26:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T06:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50944"},"modified":"2017-12-19T12:26:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T06:56:47","slug":"court-refuses-bail-chhagan-bhujbal-nephew-sameer-bhujbal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-refuses-bail-chhagan-bhujbal-nephew-sameer-bhujbal","title":{"rendered":"Court refuses bail to Chhagan Bhujbal, nephew Sameer Bhujbal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50946\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/chaggan-bhujbal.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50946\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-refuses-bail-chhagan-bhujbal-nephew-sameer-bhujbal\/chaggan-bhujbal\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/chaggan-bhujbal.jpg?fit=647%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"647,404\" 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=\"chaggan-bhujbal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/chaggan-bhujbal.jpg?fit=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/chaggan-bhujbal.jpg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-50946 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/chaggan-bhujbal.jpg?resize=300%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Court refuses bail to Chhagan Bhujbal, nephew Sameer Bhujbal\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/chaggan-bhujbal.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/chaggan-bhujbal.jpg?resize=150%2C94&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/chaggan-bhujbal.jpg?w=647&amp;ssl=1 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Court refuses bail to Chhagan Bhujbal, nephew Sameer Bhujbal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a major setback to former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, a local court today rejected his bail application in connection with cases filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).<\/p>\n<p>The court also rejected the bail application of his nephew and former Lok Sabha member Sameer Bhujbal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both the bail applications are rejected,&#8221; said special PMLA judge M S Azmi.<\/p>\n<p>The order copy will be available later, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The court had rejected the former public works minister&#8217;s bail plea, filed on medical grounds, earlier too.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Supreme Court struck down a stringent condition for securing bail for a person accused of money laundering, saying it was &#8220;manifestly arbitrary&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Section 45(1) of the PMLA which imposes conditions such as hearing the prosecutor before the bail is granted, was &#8220;unreasonable&#8221;, the top court had said.<\/p>\n<p>Bail applications of Bhujbals were pending at that time.<\/p>\n<p>After the SC ruling, the court here heard the arguments afresh.<\/p>\n<p>Special public prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar argued that the onus of proving that the alleged proceeds of crime were untainted was on the accused.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Bhujbals&#8217; bail applications mentioned Rs 30 crore, but during interrogation, they admitted to laundering money to the tune of Rs 800 crore.<\/p>\n<p>Chhagan Bhujbal is an influential person and may tamper with evidence. Investigation as to his foreign investments is yet to be over, the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the Enforcement Directorate had registered two &#8216;Enforcement Case Information Reports&#8217; (ECIRs) under the PMLA against the NCP leader, suspecting illegal transactions to the tune of Rs 900 crore in all.<\/p>\n<p>The first case was about the Maharashtra Sadan and Kalina land allotment scams, while the second was related to a housing project at Navi Mumbai by a construction firm promoted by the Bhujbal family. The firm owners were accused of duping flat buyers after collecting advance.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major setback to former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, a local court today rejected his bail application in connection with cases filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). 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