A Special Court on Monday asked Central Bureau of Investigation to file its response by tomorrow on the bail plea of a Home Ministry official, arrested for allegedly issuing FCRA notices arbitrarily to several NGOs for financial gains.
Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar put up the matter for hearing tomorrow and extended the judicial custody of accused Anand Joshi, an under secretary in the Home Ministry, till June 17.
The accused, who was produced before the court from his judicial custody, moved the bail application on the ground that his custody was not required in the case and should be granted the relief.
Earlier, the court had sent Joshi, who was arrested from west Delhi on May 15, to jail after the CBI submitted that his further custodial interrogation was not required in the case.
CBI had earlier claimed that files relating to several NGOs had gone missing from Home Ministry and they were recovered from his house although he was not supposed to take them away.