The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Central Bureau of Investigation’s response to a plea by former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha for bail in the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission scam case.
Mr. Kushwaha has been in custody since March 2012. A vacation Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and U.U. Lalit asked the CBI to respond by June 8.
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The court had in February this year dismissed Kushwaha’s bail plea, saying the allegations against him were very “serious” and it was a “good case for dismissal.”
The scam is being investigated by the CBI and has led to several persons being charge-sheeted. The trial underway at a special court in Ghaziabad.
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