A special court here on Saturday denied bail to Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in the money-laundering case, noting that while Mr. Jain is not a flight risk, the possibility of him influencing witnesses or tampering with evidence cannot be ruled out at this stage.
Special CBI judge Geetanjali Goel of the Rouse Avenue court complex, while dismissing Mr. Jain’s bail application, said, “Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the nature of allegations against the accused and that the application for bail does not pass muster even on the triple test for the grant of bail at this stage, the application is dismissed [for] being without merits.”
Mr. Jain’s counsel, senior advocate N Hariharan, had argued that the Minister met the “triple test” for bail, which entails that he be available for the investigation and that there is no chance of him tampering with evidence or influencing witnesses.
