Chhagan Bhujbal, nephew move HC against lower court's order

Maharashtra' former minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and his nephew Sameer Bhujbal have moved the Bombay High Court against a special court's order rejecting their bail pleas in a money laundering case.
The HC is likely to hear their petitions on February 21.
In December last year, a Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court had rejected their bail pleas.
Chhagan Bhujbal, who had held the public works department minister, was arrested in March 2016 after a probe by theEnforcement Directorate (ED), which claimed he and his associates misused their position and caused losses to the state exchequer.

In their pleas filed in HC through their lawyer Salabh Saxena, the Bhujbals have claimed that the special court's order was erroneous.
They have cited a recent Supreme Court order that held section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) unconstitutional. Section 45 restricts grant of bail to any person booked for the offence.
The PMLA court had declined them bail after the anti- money laundering agency said the Bhujbals were influential and had a history of having threatened some co-accused in the case.