Goyal, who is currently lodged in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail in connection with a purported bank loan fraud of ₹538 crore, wanted to personally inform the court about his precarious health condition. He was allowed to make a submission after his lawyers argued his bail plea partially
The two accused have been identified as Sameer Shabbir Shaikh alias Pudi, 22, and Rashid Hassan Faraz, 36. They were originally arrested in drug-related cases and have now been booked under sections 377 (unnatural offences), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, said a police officer attached to NM Joshi Marg police station.
A special CBI court issued a show cause notice to the superintendent of Arthur Road jail for failing to take the signature of businessman Venugopal Dhoot on his personal bond and cash bail when he was released on bail. Dhoot was arrested on December 26 in connection with a loan fraud case.
Merchant and Dhamecha were granted bail by the Bombay high court on Thursday along with Aryan. But the final procedures took some time for them to walk out free.