The Supreme Court on May 18 asked the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] and the Enforcement Directorate [ED] to respond to a plea for bail made by Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal scam.
A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud remarked that Mr. Michel has already spent nearly four years behind bars as an undertrial while issuing notice to CBI and the ED. The court scheduled the next hearing in mid-July, post the summer vacation.
"I have undergone the maximum sentence as per the provisions. The investigation is still not complete. I have undergone three years and six months as of now and I was in custody in Dubai before my extradition," Mr. Michel, represented by advocates Aljo Joseph, Sriram Parakkat and M.S. Vishnu Shankar, said.
