Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain bail plea filed by jailed businessman on health grounds Rakesh Wadhawan |A money laundering accused in the multi-crore Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank fraud case says he has been in hospital more than jail. A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli allowed senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Wadhawans, to approach the High Court to withdraw the bail plea.

Referring to the medical condition of the accused, Rohatgi said that he has been in jail for a long time.

The bench told Rohatgi, while refusing to grant him bail, saying, “I see, he has been in hospital more than in jail. Go to the high court.”

“File after sometime. Not now. The permission to go back to approach the High Court is fine,” the bench said.

The Bombay High Court on October 14 had refused bail to the Wadhawans.

Wadhawan, Founder of Housing Development Infrastructure Limited (

), was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the case in 2019.

The High Court had said that the Wadhawans’ contention that they need to be released immediately on temporary bail on medical grounds is “not justified”.

It had said that the denial of medical bail was not in any way a violation of the fundamental right to life of the Wadhawans as they were provided adequate medical treatment as and when required by the jail authorities of the state.

The Wadhawans, who underwent a surgery for pacemaker implantation, had demanded that he be released on bail so that he can seek discharge from the city’s civilian-run KEM Hospital, where he is recovering while in judicial custody, and May be transferred to a private hospital. hospital out on bail

He had stated in his petition that he was suffering from serious ailments, that his immune system had been compromised after having recently contracted COVID-19, and that the hospital was overcrowded at the civil hospital for infections and diseases. were susceptible to contract. Received.

He had also said that KEM Hospital does not have ICU facility especially for people suffering from cardiac problems.

cheating on PMC Bank In September 2019, the Reserve Bank of India learned that the bank had allegedly created fake accounts to hide loans of over Rs 4,355 crore given to the nearly bankrupt Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL).

According to RBI, PMC Bank exposed 44 problematic loan accounts, including those of HDIL, by tampering with its core banking system, and the accounts were accessible only to a limited number of staff members.

The Economic Offenses Wing of Mumbai Police and the ED had registered a case against senior officials of the bank and promoters of HDIL.