2G PMLA case: Court allows Shahid Balwa to travel abroad
20 Sept 2014 3:50 AM IST
Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, facing prosecution in a 2G scam-related money laundering case, was on Thursday allowed by a special court to go to London for getting his son admitted to Cambridge University.
The court allowed Balwa to travel abroad from September 23 to October 3 for making necessary arrangements for the stay of his son there. It also noted that he was granted permission to travel abroad on numerous occasions during the trial in CBI’s 2G case and he had complied with all the conditions.
He has already been allowed to travel abroad during this period in the CBI’s 2G case, the court said.
‘Considering the aforesaid facts and the fact that the accused is accompanying his son for getting him admitted to Cambridge University, I am inclined to grant him permission to travel abroad, more so, when he has already been granted permission to travel abroad in the case of scheduled offences,’ special CBI judge OP Saini said.
Balwa’s plea was opposed by Enforcement Directorate’s prosecutor saying that the accused has failed to show any particular necessity to travel abroad for 10 days.
The court allowed Balwa to travel abroad from September 23 to October 3 for making necessary arrangements for the stay of his son there. It also noted that he was granted permission to travel abroad on numerous occasions during the trial in CBI’s 2G case and he had complied with all the conditions.
He has already been allowed to travel abroad during this period in the CBI’s 2G case, the court said.
‘Considering the aforesaid facts and the fact that the accused is accompanying his son for getting him admitted to Cambridge University, I am inclined to grant him permission to travel abroad, more so, when he has already been granted permission to travel abroad in the case of scheduled offences,’ special CBI judge OP Saini said.
Balwa’s plea was opposed by Enforcement Directorate’s prosecutor saying that the accused has failed to show any particular necessity to travel abroad for 10 days.
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