Court allows bail to 3 more in liquor scam case

Ranchi: A special ACB court in Ranchi on Wednesday allowed bail by default to three accused persons after the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) failed to submit the chargesheet within the stipulated 90 days following their arrest in the Rs 38 crore liquor scam case.

The court allowed bail to the general manager (GM) Jharkhand State Beverages Corporation Limited Sudhir Kumar Das, former GM finance Sudhir Kumar and an employee of Marshan company Neeraj Kumar.

The ACB had arrested them in connection with the case on May 21. The accused persons applied for the default bail under section 187 of BNSS, which was accepted by the court. Each of the accused persons has to furnish two bonds of Rs 25,000 each.

It may be stated here that the court had granted bail by default to IAS officer Vinay Choubey on Tuesday due to the same reason. The ACB had arrested 11 accused persons in connection with the scam out of whom five have secured bail.