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Tighten rules before granting bail: Centre tells HC

Expressing concern over “repeated instances” of foreigners jumping bail and fleeing the country...

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Expressing concern over “repeated instances” of foreigners jumping bail and fleeing the country, the Central Government has requested the Delhi High Court to tighten conditions before granting bail.

The submission from Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra came while hearing a bail application filed by Iceland national Gunnar Stephen Mollar, accused of money laundering by the US Government.

Mollar, a fugitive with a Red Corner Notice against him since July last year, was arrested by the police at IGI Airport here on September 21.

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Moller is one of the accused in money laundering activities committed between 1998-2000 along with one William Leonard Pickard, who has already been convicted and sentenced by a US court in 2004.

Accepting the ASG’s submission, the Bench headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal ordered that Mollar’s passport be held back in custody of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magsitrate till his extradition.

The court gave direction to notify the Iceland Embassy not to issue any travel documents to the accused in case Mollar decided to flee the country.

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