The Delhi court dismissed the bail pleas of Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar, Asif Balwa, Rajiv Agarwal and Karim Morani, accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, which has come as a shock to most. Despite there being no objection from the prosecution, the bail petition has been rejected.
Once the charges are framed, the investigation is considered to be complete. The procedure in law is that if the prosecution concedes, ordinarily a court does not withhold bail. But, the court has its own discretionary power and could still reject the application bail. This has shocked most including Balwa's lawyer Majid Memon. "This dismissal was not very usual and we are shocked at this order," he told CNBC-TV18 in an interview.
Commenting on the court's stance, Cho Ramaswamy, the political commentator and editor of Thuglak indicated that the court might have assumed that the accused are capable of interfering, persuading and threatening the witnesses. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, he pointed out that the accused would now appeal to the Supreme Court. Here is the edited transcript of Ramaswamy
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