The Delhi High Court today issued notice to advocate Gautam Khaitan on CBI’s plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to him by a lower court in AgustaWestland chopper scam case.
Justice I S Mehta fixed the petition filed by CBI for hearing on January 18, when it is scheduled to hear pleas against former IAF chief S P Tyagi and his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi, who were also granted bail by the trial court. The agency has challenged the bail granted to all the three accused on the ground that they are influential persons and may hamper the ongoing probe into the scam.
The court has listed all the matters for hearing on January 18 after CBI said the grounds for cancellation of bail are the same in all of them. S P Tyagi was granted bail by the trial court on December 26 last year.
Thereafter on January 4, the lower court here had also granted bail to Sanjeev Tyagi and lawyer Khaitan in the scam, saying that no purpose would be served by keeping them in custody.