The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with its order cancelling the bail granted to the Pune stud owner Hasan Ali Khan in a money laundering case.
"We don't find any reason to disturb that order (cancelling the bail)," a bench comprising justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said.
Khan's counsel and senior advocate UU Lalit had asked the bench to reconsider the March 17 order of the vacation bench which had cited "extraordinary circumstances" of the case in staying the order of Mumbai Principal Sessions Judge M L Tahaliyani on March 11 granting bail to 53-year-old stud farm owner.
The bench said the vacation bench had passed the order under extraordianery circumstance and "we want that things should return to normalcy".
It said it was allowing Khan and giving him liberty to move an application seeking bail before the Special judge in Mumbai which will deal with it without being influenced by the order and observations of the apex court.
The Bench said Enforcement Directorate would also be at liberty to file an application seeking extension of the judicial custody of Khan who was sent to jail on expiry of four days custodial remand granted by the apex court.
However, it agreed to set aside the observations made by the special judge while rejecting ED's contention and granting bail to Khan.
"We make it clear that the observations made by this court and the special judge will not influence dealing with Khan's bail plea and ED's plea for his remand," the bench said.
