Deshmukh moves HC against CBI FIR
MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday filed a petition in the Bombay high court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the charges of corruption.
He also sought interim orders granting him protection from any coercive action. The plea is likely to be heard by a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale this week.
The CBI on April 21 registered an FIR against the NCP leader under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act which deals with illegal gratification obtained by a public servant and section 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The CBI initiated a probe against Deshmukh on orders of the Bombay HC based on the petitions filed by advocate Jayshri Patil and former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.