A Delhi court Monday granted bail to businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in the AgustaWestland money laundering case, while directing him not to "tamper with evidence" or "try to contact or influence the witnesses".
Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted bail to Puri and directed him to join the probe as and when called by the investigating officer.
Puri will however remain in jail as he was also arrested in another case -- the one related to a bank fraud.
In the present VVIP chopper scam case, Puri was named as an accused in the sixth charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate.
While granting bail to Puri, the court said, "For the contention of the counsel for ED that accused may influence the witnesses is concerned, it is noted that supplementary complaint has been filed and statement of witnesses...has already been recorded. Necessary conditions can be put in this regard and any such effort by accused may lead to cancellation of his bail."
After the bail was granted, Agarwal said: "It was a case of arrest without complying with legal provisions. My client has nothing to do with Agusta. He is an entrepreneur involved in power generation and has got nothing to do with defence deals. So, it was obvious that ED's case was not to withstand judicial scrutiny."