The Supreme Court refused to grant bail on Monday to Leena Paulose, wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who was arrested for her alleged involvement in an extortion case worth Rs 200 crore.
The order was passed by the Bench of Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Bela M. Trivedi on the grounds that there was no material before it to show that there was any change of circumstances since the bail plea was last rejected by the Delhi High Court.
On July 11, the Delhi High Court had denied bail to Leena in the case. The single-judge Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma had further refused to grant bail to co-accused Kamlesh Kothari and B Mohan Raj.
The High Court in its investigation found that the accused was prima facie involved in the offence and there was no infirmity in the trial court order that rejected their bail applications.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against Leena Paulose under Sections 170, 186, 384, 386, 388, 419, 420, 406, 409, 420, 468, 471, 353, 506, 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 66D of Information Technology Act and Sections 3 and 4 of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999.
It is alleged that Paulose, Chandrasekhar, and others used Hawala routes to create shell companies and park money earned from the proceeds of crime.
The Delhi Police has alleged that Chandrasekhar had duped the wives of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore.
Chandrasekhar is alleged to have posed as an officer of the law ministry and the two women were stated to have paid several crores of rupees to Chandrasekhar to secure bail for their husbands.
(Case title: Leena Paulose vs State of NCT of Delhi)