A special court has wondered how INLD chief O.P. Chautala’s son Abhay, who is facing trial in a disproportionate assets case, has gone abroad to attend Rio Olympics without seeking its permission.
The issue came up when during a recent hearing, Special CBI Judge Sanjay Garg was informed that Abhay was absent as he, being a sports administrator and former president of the Indian Olympic Association, had gone to attend Rio Olympics from August 2 to 25.
His counsel moved an application seeking exemption from personal appearance of the politician and said there was no specific condition imposed by the court in the bail order regarding seeking its permission for going out of country.
‘No specific condition’The court, however, said, “No specific permission has been sought by this accused from this court to go abroad. Counsel for the accused submits that since there is no specific condition regarding seeking permission from the court for going abroad in the bail order due to this reason no permission was taken from this court.”
CBI prosecutor Ajay Kumar Gupta sought time to argue on this aspect after which the court has fixed the matter for August 17 for further proceedings.
The CBI had registered a case of disproportionate assets against O.P. Chautala and his sons Ajay and Abhay on a complaint of Congress leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala. — PTI
