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Former India Air Force chief S P Tyagi was granted bail today in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case by a special court in New Delhi. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar granted him relief on a personal bond of two lakh rupees and one surety of like amount. The court, however, imposed certain conditions on the accused and asked him not to try to influence the witnesses and hamper the probe.
The bail applications of other two accused – Tyagi’s cousin Sanjeev Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan – are pending before the court which said it will decide both the pleas on January 4. Till then, the two will continue to be in judicial custody.
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for CBI, had opposed the bail pleas of the accused, saying if set free, they might influence witnesses and hamper the “multi-layered probe by various agencies in more than one jurisdictions involving several countries.
71-year old Tyagi, who had retired in 2007, Sanjeev and Khaitan were arrested on 9th of this month by the CBI in connection with the case. The court had on 17th December sent all the three accused to the judicial custody till 30th December.