HC rejects interim bail plea of ex-councillor in graft case

The Delhi High Court today dismissed the interim bail plea of former MCD councillor Hiren Tokas who is serving a five-year jail term in a bribery case.
Tokas had sought interim bail for two months to take care of his ailing parents, saying there is no one to take care of them.
Justice S Muralidhar passed the order after perusing the status report filed by CBI and the affidavit of Tokas' younger brother who has stated that he does not live with their parents but resides separately with his wife and children.
CBI in its status report has said that his parents are not well while Tokas's younger brother Nalin has said he no longer resides with his parents at the ancestral property in Munirka village here and lives in a flat at Vasant Kunj in south Delhi with his wife and two children since March 1999.

He has also stated Hiren's family resides at the ancestral home with his family.
"The court has perused the status report as well as the affidavit of the brother, Nalin Tokas, of the appellant. The court is not inclined to accept the prayer for grant of interim bail. The application is dismissed.

"The court is inclined to accept the prayer of the appellant for advancing the date of hearing of the appeal itself. List on October 14, 2014," the bench said.
The court had on July 14 asked Nalin to file an affidavit stating whether he is staying with his parents as his elder brother had sought bail on the ground that there is no one in his family to look after their elderly parents.

CBI, however, had opposed Tokas' contention and said Nalin resides in the same house in which their parents currently live.