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HC raps VACB for seeking repeated adjournment in ED official's bail plea
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday slammed the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) for repeatedly seeking adjournments on an anticipatory bail petition filed by Shekhar Kumar, Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate, in a case relating to the alleged demand of ₹2 crore as bribe from a Kollam-based cashew businessman to save him from an ED case.
When the anticipatory bail petition came up for hearing, Justice A. Badharudeen orally observed that the petition seemed to have been filed on May 26, almost three weeks ago. Now the prosecution wanted to file an objection. 'How can an anticipatory bail plea be kept pending for several weeks, that too due to the lapses of the prosecution.'
The court asked the VACB to file a statement, if any, on or before June 17 in response to the bail petition.
