Anil Deshmukh's bail plea rejected by PMLA court

A special court in Mumbai has rejected former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh's bail plea.

The special court under the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA) on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in the money-laundering case against him.

In the plea filed through Aniket Nikam, Deshmukh had stated that since no cognisance of the chargesheet was taken by the special court within the statutory period of 60 days as prescribed under Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), he was entitled to statutory bail. The cognisance of the chargesheet, which was filed in December 2021, has not yet been taken by the court.