A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail plea of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandes in an alleged Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekar. Special judge Shailendra Malik reserved the order on the bail plea of Jacqueline Fernandes after hearing the submissions of lawyers of both parties. The court has listed the matter for hearing arguments on charges in the matter on November 24 and 25.
The Court also raise questions, “Why the agency did not arrested her during the investigation?
Jacquline’s Counsel senior advocates Siddharth Agarwal and Prashant Patil submitted that the actor cooperated with the investigation and her statement was recovered five times. They also submitted that she was not arrested during the investigation and a supplementary chargesheet has been filed and she is also a woman. This proposition ought not to be altered by the court. It was also argued that she was not aware that the gifts she received were out of proceeds of crime. In these circumstances, she is entitled to bail.
