The accused in Chhattisgarh’s much talked about liquor scam case have received a big blow from the High Court. The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed all 13 petitions filed against the new FIR filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW-ACB) of the Anti Corruption Bureau in this case. During the hearing of a petition, the High Court had granted interim relief to former IAS Anil Tuteja, but now the interim relief granted to Tuteja has also been dismissed. After this decision of the High Court, the troubles of the accused in the liquor scam seem to be increasing.
6 petitions were filed in Chhattisgarh High Court against ED and 7 petitions against ACB’s EOW. The petition was filed challenging the resumption of proceedings by ED in the liquor scam case of more than two thousand crore rupees and the FIR registered by EOW-ACB i.e. the new FIR, and to dismiss it. Let us tell you that many people including Anil Tuteja, Anwar Dhebar, Arunpati Tripathi are currently in jail in the liquor scam case.
Earlier the High Court had reserved the decision
The division bench of High Court Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Agarwal heard the petitions. After the hearing on July 10, the decision was reserved, which has been made public today. These petitions were filed by businessman Vidhu Gupta, hotelier Anwar Dhebar, Anil Tuteja, Arun Tripathi, Niranjan Das, Nidish Purohit, Yash Purohit. Additional Advocate General Vivek Sharma presented arguments on behalf of the state government.
A new FIR has been filed on the report of ED
During the hearing in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam case, the lawyers of the petitioners had said that once the Supreme Court had quashed the FIR, it is not legal to register a new FIR again on the old facts and grounds. This action could have been taken only after a fresh investigation in the case. After hearing the arguments and debates of all the parties, the division bench of the High Court had reserved its decision. Let us tell you that on the report of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the liquor scam case, ACB-EOW has registered a fresh FIR and its investigation is still going on.
