On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court gave a divided judgment on the petitions of Leena Maria Paul, the wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar on bail applications in the 200 crore extortion case. In the case filed under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), Justice Prateek Jalan refused her bail application in the case registered, and granted her relief in a related money laundering case under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The case is connected to the allegations that Chandrasekhar and his partners orchestrated a high profile fraud against the family of former Ranbaxy promoters Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh. The accused according to the Delhi Police, allegedly extorted about 200 crore out of the wife of Shivinder Singh, Aditi Singh by posing as government officials and promising to get her husband, who was in judicial custody in a separate money laundering case.
Investigators have asserted that Chandrasekhar utilized an intricate web of contacts to accomplish the fraud, making the case one of the biggest extortion scandals in recent times. A number of agencies in the country are currently engaged in investigating various cases that can be related to him.
Even though the court ruled that Leena Paulose did not deserve relief under the MCOCA case due to the severity of the charges, it granted her bail in the ED case, providing her with some relief. The ruling demonstrates the legal processes that are complex in the case, and further investigations and hearings are likely to take place in the next few months.