CWG scam: Darbari gets bail, Jayachandran hearing continues (Second Lead)
By IANSFriday, January 14, 2011
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee official T.S. Darbari and slated for Jan 17 the bail plea of another official, M. Jayachandran. Both are facing investigations in the Queen’s Baton Relay scam.
Justice Hima Kohli granted Darbari bail on a technical ground as the CBI has failed to file a charge sheet against him within the stipulated 60 days of his arrest.
Darbari, a former aide of organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, was arrested Nov 15 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The bail plea of Jayachandran, the committee’s treasurer who too was arrested and sacked, was heard Friday and the hearing will continue Jan 17.
He was arrested Nov 21 for making suspicious payments to an Indian-owned London-based private firm AM Car and Van Hire Limited during the Queen’s Baton Relay function in London.
Advocate R.K. Handoo submitted before the court that his client Jayachandran should be granted bail on the ground that the CBI has been unable to file a charge sheet against him till date.
