Leena Paulose, the wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, and co-accused Kamlesh Kothari and B Mohan Raj were denied bail by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. The bail applications were related to a ₹200 crore extortion case being investigated by the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, presiding over the case, determined that there was sufficient evidence to suggest the involvement of the accused in the offence. The court also upheld the decision of the trial court, which had previously rejected their bail pleas.
The chargesheet filed by the EOW against Leena Paulose includes multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), such as Sections 170, 186, 384, 386, 388, 419, 420, 406, 409, 420, 468, 471, 353, 506, and 120B. Additionally, she has been charged under Section 66D of the Information Technology Act and Sections 3 and 4 of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999.
According to the allegations, Paulose, Chandrasekhar, and others utilized Hawala channels to establish shell companies and launder money obtained through criminal activities.
The Delhi Police claims that Chandrasekhar posed as a law ministry officer and deceived the wives of former Ranbaxy promoters, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, into providing ₹200 crores. The women allegedly paid substantial sums to secure bail for their husbands.
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