The 55-year old Singh first made an appeal to the court in the morning to exempt him from appearing personally before the court as he was ill with an infection in the kidney. Singh went through a kidney transplant one-and-a-half years ago. He later appeared before the court and pleaded his case citing poor health.[break]
“I was at home but seeing the TV channel showing that I am not appearing before the court, I rushed to the court personally as I have faith in judiciary and the Constitution of India. So, I have moved my interim bail,” Singh told journalists outside the court.
Opposing the bail application, public prosecutor said the leader might tamper with the evidence or may flee. “Once the accused surrender before the court, they have to be taken into custody,” Rajiv Mohan, the prosecutor said.
Amar Singh and three others are facing charge-sheet filed by the Delhi Police in the corruption scam.
The Tis Hazari court had on Aug 25 issued summons to Amar Singh, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs Fagan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora, and Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former associate of BJP leader LK Advani.
´The charge sheet is based on weak circumstantial evidence, Amar Singh´s lawyer has argued. Kulaste and Bhagora appeared before the court and moved a bail application.
Amar Singh´s former aide Sanjeev Saxena and middleman Suhail Hindustani both are in judicial custody and appeared before the court. On July 22, 2008, three BJP MPs waved wads of currency notes in the Lok Sabha ahead of a trust vote. They alleged that they were given the money to vote in favour of the Manmohan Singh government.
The charge-sheet alleged that during investigation ´sufficient evidence´ came on record that on the morning of July 22, 2008, Amar Singh “hatched a criminal conspiracy with his secretary Sanjeev Saxena to deliver cash of Rs 1 crore as illegal gratification” to the MPs.
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