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Cash-for-votes: Amar Singh's interim bail extended by a day

Source: PTI
September 27, 2011 21:32 IST
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Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Amar Singh's interim bail in 2008 cash-for-vote scam was extended till Wednesday by a Delhi court. Special judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal extended Singh's interim bail for a day while reserving for Wednesday her order on his regular bail.

Arguing for Singh's bail, his counsel Hariharan said that as per the medical report received from AIIMS, his client is still not well and his vital parameters are above normal limit.

"I (Amar Singh) have amply demonstrated before the court that I am a sick and infirm person and the court could grant me bail on this ground alone," he said.

He also said the prosecution has no evidence against his client to show his involvement in the alleged conspiracy of bribing Bharartiya Janata Party MPs to win their votes in the July 2008 confidence motion of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance-I government after withdrawal of the critical outside support of Left parties to the government.

"The prosecution is relying on the disclosure statement of other co-accused, which cannot be relied upon. The prosecution is unable to lay the foundation of the conspiracy charge against Amar Singh. All I am trying to say is that basic ingredients of a conspiracy are not satisfied at all," he said.

Singh counsel has been demanding bail for him on the ground that his medical reports are showing further deterioration in his condition despite treatment at AIIMS.

"May be I (Amar Singh) am in a better position to get a better treatment at a better place in Delhi itself. He cannot be at AIIMS at this point in time," he had said.

Singh was arrested on September 6 after he appeared before the court in response to the court summons to him for his alleged involvement in 2008 cash-for-vote scam.

He, however, had to be rushed to AIIMS from Tihar jail after a bout of vomitting and diarrhoea on September 12 evening and the court granted him interim bail on September 15.

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