The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday rejected the bailapplication of Hilal Rather, the son of former state minister Abdul RahimRather, in a bank fraud case.
Rather had moved the plea before Justice Puneet Guptaseeking interim bail on grounds that the Supreme Court had asked fordecongestion of jails across the country in view of the COVID-19 outbreak. Healso claimed that he has been suffering several ailments.
On behalf of the CBI, senior advocate Monika Kohli contendedbefore the court that there was no medical report from the jail authorities tosubstantiate the claims of the accused that he was facing any medicalcondition.
Objecting to the plea of the accused, Kohli also contendedthat his release would be detrimental to the ongoing probe in the case as hecould tamper with the witness.
Justice Gupta told the lawyer of the accused that theapplication for interim bail has been rejected.
Rather was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) inJammu and Kashmir in January in connection with the alleged bank fraud of Rs177 core. The case was handed over to the CBI later.