A Delhi court on Monday granted interim bail to actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a ₹200 crore money laundering case against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.
Special Judge Shailendra Malik granted Ms. Fernandez the relief on a personal bond of ₹50,000 and posted the matter for further hearing on October 22.
On August 31, predecessor judge Praveen Singh had taken cognizance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate and asked Ms. Fernandez to appear before the court.
Ms. Fernandez, who was summoned by the ED several times in connection with the investigation, has been named as an accused for the first time in the supplementary charge sheet.
ED's earlier charge sheet and a supplementary charge sheet did not mention her as an accused. The documents, however, had mentioned the details of the statements recorded by Ms. Fernandez and fellow actor Nora Fatehi.
According to ED, Ms. Fernandez and Ms. Fatehi, who were examined, had received luxury cars and other expensive gifts from Chandrashekar.
The ED said Ms. Fernandez's statements were recorded on August 30 and October 20, 2021 where she admitted to having received gifts from Chandrashekar.
Statements of Ms. Fatehi were recorded on September 13 and October 14, 2021 and she also acknowledged having received gifts from the alleged conman and his actor wife Leena Paulose.
