Christian Michel, alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland case, files bail plea in the matter. Delhi High Court begins hearing the plea.
Christian Michel, alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland case, files bail plea in the matter. Delhi High Court begins hearing the plea.
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Earlier, Christian Michel moves his bail plea in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court. The Court asks CBI to file reply on the bail plea, and sets May 6th as the next date of hearing. And then Delhi High Court withdraw his plea.
And now the reports are coming that Delhi High Court being hearing the plea.
Michel’s bail application, filed on Tuesday, noted that he had spent two years and four months in custody in India and another 50 days in Dubai during his extradition proceedings and that he had undergone “almost 600 hours of custodial interrogation” by the CBI and ED. The application said others arrested in the same case had also been granted bail.
The application further said Michel will be available to join “any future investigation and trial, as and when required, and has never sought to evade the process of law”.
Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, has sought bail in cases registered against him by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate on the grounds that a United Nations panel had ruled that his detention was arbitrary.
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found that Christian Michel, who has been held in India since December 2018 after being extradited from the United Arab Emirates, was being detained arbitrarily
The UN panel said that as well as his release, Michel should be accorded the right to compensation and reparations from India and the United Arab Emirates.
The experts also called for an independent full investigation and action to be taken against those responsible for the violation of Michel’s rights.
