Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, on Monday filed a bail application in the court of special CBI judge who will hear it on August 2.
“We have filed bail application (of Amit Shah) in the special court,” his lawyer Nirupam Nanavati said.
“In the application we have stated that he is innocent,” he said.
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The bail application has been filed in the court of special CBI Judge G. K. Upadhaya in Ahmedabad for which final hearing will be held on August 2, said Mr. Nanavati.
Mr. Nanavati said till date he has not received a copy of the charge sheet against Mr. Shah in the encounter case and has asked the court to provide it.
On Friday, the anticipatory bail of Mr. Shah was rejected, making his arrest imminent. He was taken into custody on Sunday by the CBI after he eluded the probe agency for three days.
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The charge sheet has named Mr. Shah as a key accused along with IPS officers D. G. Vanzara, Rajkumar Pandian, M. N. Dinesh and Abhay Chudasama. In all, 15 accused have been named.
According to the charge sheet, it was Mr. Shah who had entrusted the task of eliminating Sheikh, an alleged gangster, to Vanzara, Pandia and Chudasama.