Finding no fault with the trial judge and the Delhi high court’s orders refusing bail to DMK MP Kanimozhi and co-accused Sharad Kumar, the head of party-sponsored Kalaignar TV, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed their pleas for bail in the 2G scam case with a rider that the trial court could consider it, but only after charges had been framed.
The order, by a bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi, who is monitoring the probe into the multi-crore-rupee scam, virtually blocked the chances of not only Ms Kanimozhi and Mr Kumar getting bail in the immediate future but also that of the other accused, including former communications minister A. Raja, his aide R.K. Chandolia, former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, five corporate honchos, and Shahid Balwa and his cousin, till framing of charges by the trial judge.
Since the probe agencies are yet to complete their investigations, specially with regard to the foreign transactions, and the CBI yet to file another supplementary chargesheet, the process for framing of charges might take a few months.