Orders on Jerath8217;s bail plea reserved

While the First Information Report number 1 of 1998 was registered after certain diaries were recovered from the residences of the alleged middlemen during raids by the Income Tax authorities, the other FIRs pertained to the allocation of work in Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital.

Seeking his release on bail, counsel for the former UT chief engineer stated that Jerath was being implicated in the cases. He added that all accused, except Jerath, had been granted bail in the cases.

In FIR number 1 of 1998, the counsel stated, 21 out of 37 accused had not even been arrested by the prosecution quot;inspite of the fact that the role attributed to them was the same as attributed, though wrongly, to the petitionerquot;.

Regarding the allegations in FIR number 2 of 1998, the counsel stated that the quot;main accused 8212; then executive engineer S.S. Bhatti, then superintending engineer S.C. Katyal, superintendent Kans Raj Saini and draftsman Nand Ram 8212; had been mentioned as accused, but not arrestedquot;.

In FIR number 3 of 1998, counsel stated that none of the eight accused had been arrested, while in FIR number 1 of 1999, quot;all allegations were fully covered in the investigation of FIR number 3 of 1998quot;, the counsel added.