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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Reserved on:

May 09, 2011

Decided on:

May 23, 2011

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BAIL APPLICATION NO.508/2011

SANJAY CHANDRA

....PETITIONER

Through:

Mr. Ram Jethmalani, Sr. Advocate

with Mr. K.T.S. Tulsi, Sr. Advocate, Mr.

Pinaki Mishra, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Ritu

Bhalla, Advocate, Mr. Sushil Bajaj,

Advocate & Ms. Rebecca M. John,

Advocate

Versus

C.B.I.

.....RESPONDENT

Through:

Mr. Uday Lalit, Sr. Advocate/Special

Public Prosecutor with Ms. Sonia

Mathur, Advocate, Mr. Narender Mann,

Advocate, Mr. A.K. Singh, Advocate,

Mr. Shubharanshu Padhi, Advocate,

Mr. Sangram Singh Saron, Advocate &

Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Advocate.

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BAIL APPLICATION NO.509/2011 & CRL.M.A. 653/2011

VINOD GOENKA

....PETITIONER

Through:

Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, Sr. Advocate with

Mr. Vijay Aggarwal, Advocate, Mr.

Gurpreet Singh, Advocate, Ms. S.

Swarna, Advocate & Mr. Sanjay

Abbot, Advocate.

Versus

C.B.I.

.....RESPONDENT

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Through:

Mr. Uday Lalit, Sr. Advocate/Special

Public Prosecutor with Ms. Sonia

Mathur, Advocate, Mr. Narender Mann,

Advocate, Mr. A.K. Singh, Advocate,

Mr. Shubharanshu Padhi, Advocate,

Mr. Sangram Singh Saron, Advocate &

Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Advocate.

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BAIL APPLICATION NO.510/2011

GAUTAM DOSHI

....PETITIONER

Through:

Mr. Soli Sorabjee, Sr. Advocate with

Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Advocate , Mr.

Rajiv Nayar, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Shri

Singh, Advocate.

Versus

C.B.I.

.....RESPONDENT

Through:

Mr. Uday Lalit, Sr. Advocate/Special

Public Prosecutor with Ms. Sonia

Mathur, Advocate, Mr. Narender Mann,

Advocate, Mr. A.K. Singh, Advocate,

Mr. Shubharanshu Padhi, Advocate,

Mr. Sangram Singh Saron, Advocate &

Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Advocate.

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BAIL APPLICATION NO.511/2011

HARI NAIR

....PETITIONER

Through:

Mr. Rajiv Nayar, Sr. Advocate with Ms.

Sima Gulati, Advocate.

Versus

C.B.I.

.....RESPONDENT

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Through:

Mr. Uday Lalit, Sr. Advocate/Special

Public Prosecutor with Ms. Sonia

Mathur, Advocate, Mr. Narender Mann,

Advocate, Mr. A.K. Singh, Advocate,

Mr. Shubharanshu Padhi, Advocate,

Mr. Sangram Singh Saron, Advocate &

Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Advocate.

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BAIL APPLICATION NO.512/2011

SURENDRA PIPARA

....PETITIONER

Through:

Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Advocate

with Mr. N. Hariharan, Advocate.

Versus

C.B.I.

.....RESPONDENT

Through:

Mr. Uday Lalit, Sr. Advocate/Special

Public Prosecutor with Ms. Sonia

Mathur, Advocate, Mr. Narender Mann,

Advocate, Mr. A.K. Singh, Advocate,

Mr. Shubharanshu Padhi, Advocate,

Mr. Sangram Singh Saron, Advocate &

Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Advocate.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT BHARIHOKE

1. Whether Reporters of local papers

may be allowed to see the judgment?

2. To be referred to the Reporter or not ?

3. Whether the judgment should be

reported in Digest ?

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AJIT BHARIHOKE, J.

1. Accused Sanjay Chandra, Vinod Goenka, Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair

and Surendra Pipara vide above referred applications under Section

439 Cr.P.C. are seeking bail in case FIR No.RC-DAI-2009-A-0045 P.S.

ACB, CBI New Delhi under Section 420, 468, 471 IPC and 13(2) read

with Section 13(1)(d) P.C. Act.

2. Briefly stated, allegations in the charge sheet are that during May

2007-2008, the petitioners and public servants, namely, A.Raja,

Minister of Communications and Information Technology, his P.S. R.K.

Chandolia and the then Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura entered

into a criminal conspiracy to cause undue advantage to the petiti