A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the anticipatory bail application of restaurateur Navneet Kalra in a case against him for black marketing of Oxygen Concentrator and other medical equipment during the Covid pandemic.
Saket District Court ASJ Sandeep Garg said, “Navneet Kalra bail anticipatory application dismissed.”
The Saket Court had reserved its order on the Pre-Arrest bail application yesterday after hearing arguments from the accused through his counsel Senior Adv Vikas Pahwa and Adv Vineet Malhotra and for the State Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava.
The restaurateur filed the anticipatory bail application after an FIR registered under the Essential Commodities Act, and various other Sections including 420/188/120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code for black marketing and hoarding of Oxygen Concentrator, Oximeters, N95 marks and other equipment.
Delhi Police on May 7 raided the popular Khan Chacha restaurant in Khan Market owned by Kalra and recovered almost a hundreds of oxygen concentrators after another restaurant in Lodhi Colony was busted.
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