Bail rejected,Morani also sent to Tihar Jail

Dismissing the bail plea of the 14th accused in the 2G case,Bollywood personality Karim Morani,a CBI court sent him to Tihar Jail.

Dismissing the bail plea of the 14th accused in the 2G case,Bollywood personality Karim Morani,a CBI court sent him to Tihar Jail on Monday.

Cineyug Films director Morani,organiser of various Bollywood shows,is accused of facilitating the transaction of Rs 200 crore from DB Realty to DMK-run Kalaignar TV. While he was named an accused in the chargesheet,he was still to be arrested as he sought repeated exemptions from appearing before the court on medical grounds.

Special CBI Judge O P Saini also raised fingers at his conduct and said Morani used every possible legal subterfuge by filing various applications to delay the ultimate as he has filed seven applications within a span of less than one month.

Not only this,his counsel prayed in the evening of May 26 that the pronouncement of order may be deferred on May 30 till the evening,as they are likely to move superior courts,though no stay order or any other order has been brought to my notice, Saini said.

An accused is entitled to avail himself all legal remedies but the sheer number of applications filed by him reflects adversely on his conduct indicating that he is interested in deliberately delaying the disposal of the matter by seeking date after date,on one pretext or the other, the 67-page order said.

The court added that he avoided to appear before the court for over two weeks on medical grounds though his medical records suggested otherwise.

He avoided the court from May 6 till May 23 on medical ground,though as per the medical papers filed on his behalf on May 11,he was stable and afebrile,having no fever,with normal BP of 120/70 mg.

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Morani is alleged to have caused loss to the state exchequer amounting to about Rs 30,000 crore. The CBI had alleged that Morani took Rs 6 crore for facilitating the Rs 200-crore transaction.