TTV Dinakaran bribery case: Delhi courtroom rejects intermediary Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s bail plea

A Delhi courtroom has rejected the bail utility of Shekhar Chandrashekhar alias Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the intermediary arrested in reference to the two-leaves image bribery case.
Rejecting the bail plea, Special Judge Geetanjali Goel, in her order Tuesday, noticed: “In view of the above discussion, it is held that the applicant/ accused Sukash @ Sukesh Chandershekar would not be entitled to bail under Section 436A Cr.P.C. as the conditions prescribed therein do not stand fulfilled at this stage. The bail application is accordingly without merits and the same is dismissed.”
Chandrashekar is in custody within the case since April 16, 2017 and as per the jail custody certificates, the accused has undergone greater than three years and 6 months in jail.

Chandrashekhar allegedly acted because the intermediary for AIADMK chief T T V Dinakaran, who reportedly tried to bribe an Election Commission official to acquire the occasion’s two-leaves ballot image for the Sasikala faction.
The prosecution had instructed the courtroom that in interrogation, it was revealed {that a} conspiracy was hatched by TTV Dinakaran, deputy normal secretary, AIAMDK and different accused individuals to acquire a beneficial order from Election Commission of India relating to their pending petition for 2 leaves election image and thereafter the case was registered.
Chandrashekar’s attorneys instructed the courtroom that “there was no custodial requirement of the applicant/ accused in the present FIR as the charge sheet had already been filed; applicant/ accused was not required for any further investigation; bail should not be denied as a matter of punishment and bail was only required to secure the presence of the applicant/ accused to attend the trial.”

The courtroom was instructed that each one the opposite accused individuals had been on bail and trial would take time.
“…as per the allegations, even if the role assigned is seen, the applicant/ accused should be granted the concession ofbail as TTV Dinakaran being the beneficiary was on bail; Mr. B Kumar who gave the contact number of TTV Dinakaran to the applicant/ accused was granted bail without arrest; TP Malika Arjun who as per the allegations arranged the money for bribing Election Commission of India was also on bail,” Chandrashekhar’s attorneys argued.