Rs 200 Cr Scam Case: Delhi Court Reserves Jacqueline Bail Plea Order, Asks ED 'Why Not Arrest Fernandez'

Temporary relief for Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez as Delhi?s Patiala House Court today reserved an order regarding the actor?s bail, extending interim protection to her until the next hearing in the case. The court however said that an order may be passed as early as on Friday in the matter.

Fernandez who is in the centre of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe in connection with the Rs 200 crore extortion case involving multimillionaire conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, was produced before the Patiala House Court today where the Court told the counsels that they want to go in trial in the case soon. The ED also placed their arguments before the Delhi court.

Sr Adv Siddharth Aggarwal who was arguing for Fernandez said there is no material to indicate non-cooperation from his client adding that her statement was recorded five times and that officials also had the power to arrest Jacqueline under Section 19 if they wished to.

Jacqueline’s lawyer also claimed that the actor was not aware that Sukesh’s gift were proceeds of crime and that she gets solicited or unsolicited gifts every day adding that that Jacqueline was not aware that Conman Sukesh was in jail.

Meanwhile, the court pulled up ED over not arresting Fernandez yet. ?Why haven?t you arrested Jacqueline yet despite issuing an LOC? Other accused are in jail. Why adopt a pick-and-choose policy?? the court asked the Enforcement Directorate.

The ED had recently filed its second supplementary charge sheet in which Fernandez has been named as an accused.

Fernandez and another Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi had both recorded their statements as witnesses in the case. Earlier, fixed deposits worth Rs 7.2 crore belonging to Fernandez were attached by the ED. The ED termed these gifts and properties as proceeds of crime received by the actor.

In February, the ED had filed its first supplementary prosecution complaint against Pinky Irani, an alleged aide of Chandrashekhar, who introduced him to Bollywood actresses.

It has been alleged in the charge sheet that Pinky Irani used to choose costly gifts for Fernandez and would often drop these gifts off at her house after the payments were made by Conman Sukesh.

In December last year, the ED filed the first charge sheet in this matter before the court of Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh. Later on, in February, the ED filed a supplementary charge sheet against Irani. Sukesh had spent around Rs 20 crore on different models and Bollywood celebrities. A few had also reportedly refused to take the gifts from him.

Meanwhile, Conman Sukesh and his wife who are currently lodged in Delhi?s Tihar jail wrote a letter to the Delhi LG calling for they to be transferred out and moved to any other jail in the country.

The Conman’s appeal comes after he wrote a series of letters accusing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of taking money from him and also demanded a CBI inquiry against Satendra Jain, the Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Kejriwal and Kailash Gehlot.

In his letter, Sukesh cited other cases of suspicious deaths in the jail and appealed to be transferred to any jail in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh or Uttarakhand for safety reasons.

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