Sivasankar will have to wait for release
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M. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, might have to stay in jail for some extra time although he bought bail within the circumstances booked by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Customs on Monday.
Though the Kerala High Court and the Economic Offences Court, Ernakulam, gave him bail within the money-laundering case and the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case, he’s but to get bail within the greenback smuggling case booked by the Customs.
Fourth accused
The Customs recorded the arrest of Mr. Sivasankar within the greenback smuggling case on January 21 and arraigned him because the fourth accused. He has been housed on the Ernakulam district jail.
Mr. Sivasankar will transfer his bail software within the greenback smuggling case on January 27, mentioned S. Rajeev, his counsel. He was incarcerated for almost 70 days within the ED case earlier than the High Court granted him jail.
In the gold smuggling case, the court docket famous in its order on Monday that he was entitled to be launched on bail because the “Customs failed to file complaint after the conclusion of the investigation within 60 days.”
While granting him bail, Economic Offences Court Judge C. Deepu requested Mr. Sivasankar to execute a bail bond of ₹2 lakh with two solvent sureties for the identical quantity.
Bail phrases
The sureties ought to produce authentic title deeds of their properties for verification. Mr. Sivasankar ought to seem earlier than the investigating officer on all Mondays between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. for three months or till the submitting of the grievance whichever is earlier from the date of his precise release from jail, the choose ordered.
The official was additionally requested to give up his passport inside seven days of his release. The court docket requested him not to affect or intimidate the witnesses within the case and never to tamper with proof in any method.
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