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The Jharkhand high court has granted bail to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to land scam. The high court had on June 13 reserved its decision on Soren’s bail plea.
“Bail has been granted to Soren. The court has held that prima facie he is not guilty of the offence and there is no likelihood of the petitioner committing an offence when on bail,” Soren’s senior counsel Arunabh Chowdhury told PTI.
Soren, the executive president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on January 31 in connection with its investigation into the money laundering case.
The 48-year-old politician is currently lodged in Birsa Munda jail.
During the hearing, ED’s counsel SV Raju argued that if Soren is released on bail, he would commit a similar offence.
On Jharkhand High Court granting bail to former CM Hemant Soren in land scam case, State Congress chief Rajesh Thakur told ANI , “This decision and ED’s exercise makes it clear that the ED was acting as a slave. By continuously feeding false inputs to the court, bail was being cancelled. He (Hemant Soren) was arrested one day before Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered Jharkhand…That was the height of injustice…We respect the decision of the High Court…
