Court dismisses bail pleas of Unitech promoters

A Delhi court on Thursday denied bail to Unitech promoters Ajay Chandra and Sanjay Chandra, arrested in a fraud case relating to a Gurugram-based real estate project and sent them to judicial custody for two weeks.

Metropolitan Magistrate Ashu Garg passed the order after Delhi Police submitted that the accused may tamper with the evidence and influence the probe.

The two were produced before the court after expiry of their five-day police custody and they were sent to judicial custody as the police said their further custodial interrogation was not required.

In their application, the Chandras contended that if granted the relief, they will not flee from justice.

The counsel appearing for accused said that his client Sanjay Chandra appears before a special court here in a 2G spectrum allocation scam case on a daily basis.

"This proves that he will not flee from justice as his past conduct is very clean," advocate Vijay Agrawal, adding that the court may impose any condition to secure the presence of the accused.

"If they don't come out of jail, how will they solve the grievances of the investors in this case," the counsel said.

The police, however, opposed the plea, saying that if granted the relief, the accused may tamper with the evidence and influence the ongoing probe.

"Sanjay Chandra's appearance before the 2G court on a daily basis as accused only suggests that his past conduct is not clean," the police contended.