Corruption case: Dismissed policeman Sachin Waze seeks default bail claiming his name not in CBI charge sheet

Sachin Waze. File Photo

On Tuesday, dismissed policeman Sachin Waze sought default bail from a special court in a corruption case being probed by the CBI stating that the investigation agency had not named him in its charge sheet.

Last week, CBI, the probe agency had filed a charge sheet in the case, which also involves former Maharashtra home minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh and his two aides Sanjeev Palande and Kundan Shinde.

In February, CBI had formally arrested Sachin Waze, though he has not been named in the charge sheet. Waze, in his default bail plea filed stated no final report (charge sheet) has been filed against him, and, hence, he is entitled to default bail under relevant CrPC provisions.

The special CBI court had recently accepted Waze's plea to turn approver and seek pardon in the corruption case. Waze was arrested in March last year for his alleged role in the planting of explosives near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's south Mumbai residence as well as murder of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran murder case. He is currently in judicial custody.

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Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had, in March last year, accused Anil Deshmukh, the then state home minister, of giving targets to police officers to collect Rs 100 crore per month from restaurants and bars in the metropolis.

The CBI had lodged an FIR against Deshmukh, Waze and others following an order of the Bombay High Court, after which the NCP leader resigned from the state cabinet.

Besides the Antilia bomb scare and the corruption case, Waze is accused in a money-laundering case that is being probed by the ED. He has also written a letter to the ED saying he wants to turn approver in the money-laundering case.

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