HC asks ex-MCD councillor to give fresh affidavit for bail

Delhi High Court today asked ex-MCD councillor Hiren Tokas, who is serving a five-year jail term in a bribery case, to file an affidavit stating that his younger brother is not staying with their parents after he sought bail to take care of them.
A bench of Justice S Muralidhar gave the direction while hearing Tokas' bail plea in which he has submitted that there is no one in his family to look after his elderly parents.
CBI, however, opposed Tokas contention and said that his younger brother Nalin resides in the same house in which their parents currently live.

His younger brother resides with their parents and can take care of them, the agency said.
Thereafter the court asked Tokas to file an affidavit stating that his brother does not live in the same house with their parents.
The court has now fixed July 18 for further hearing in the matter.

Tokas had moved the court seeking bail on the ground that he is still in pain as a result of fracture he suffered in February this year and needs follow up medical treatment at a hospital of his choice.
He had also cited the poor health of his parents as a ground for availing the relief, saying his father is suffering from cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, while his mother is visually impaired.

Tihar jail authorities, on the other hand, have said in their report that Tokas is now in a stable medical condition.
A CBI court had on May 29 awarded five years jail term to Tokas, the then MCD councillor of ward number 15 in R K Puram here, for taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a shopkeeper in 2003.