Alleged gangster Neeraj Bawana's elder brother Pankaj Sehrawat, accused of running an organised crime syndicate, has been granted custody parole by a Delhi court for four days for arranging money to deposit school fees of his two children.
Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Pandit granted the custody parole to Sehrawat from April 29 to May 2 from 8 AM to 5 PM each day.
The court passed the order while disposing of his plea seeking 10 days of interim bail saying as he is in custody, the school fees of his two children could not be deposited and he be granted the relief to arrange money as his wife was also unwell.
"It appears that wife of the accused (Sehrawat) is now not in such condition that intervention of accused is necessary. Moreover, from perusal of document dated April 20, 2016 which is letter issued by the school, it appears that about Rs 15,000 of fees is due...
"In these circumstances, it will be suffice that accused be granted custody parole for four days," the court said.
The judge added, "He is granted custody parole from... So that he can arrange the necessary amount for the payment of fees of his children."
The court posted the case for May 7 for hearing arguments on framing of charges against the accused.
The police has listed in a charge sheet 10 people, including Neeraj, Sehrawat and ex-MLA Rambeer Shokeen, for alleged offences under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
They were named in the charge sheet for allegedly running an organised crime syndicate in the Delhi-NCR region.
Advocate Akram Khan, appearing for Sehrawat, told the judge that the accused was granted interim bail for 10 days by another court earlier this month in a murder case lodged at Subhash Place Police Station and due to his custody, children were suffering as their school fees could not be paid.
The prosecutor, however, opposed the plea saying he cannot be given bail as there was likelihood that he can commit any serious offence.
The court said the situation in this case was different as in the murder case, interim bail was governed under the CrPC while in the case, it was governed by MCOCA provisions.
In its charge sheet, police said Neeraj belonged to a lower middle class family but enjoyed a lavish lifestyle from the money generated through the syndicate.
Besides the three, the Special Cell of Delhi Police listed in its charge sheet other arrested members of the syndicate -- Sunil Rathi, Amit Malik alias Bhura, Naveen Dabas, Rahul Dabas, Naveen Hooda, Deepak Dabas and Gurpreet Singh in the case.
Police, which named 163 people as prosecution witnesses in the case, claimed these accused were involved in several criminal cases.
