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Bail condition set aside, A Raja can visit TN
June 06, 2012

Former telecom minister A Raja has been allowed to go to Tamil Nadu. Raja, accused in the 2G spectrum scam, had been set some conditions for the bail granted to him last month.

 

The minister, who has been in Tihar Jail since February 2011, cannot visit the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) or his home state Tamil Nadu.Raja, the last of the 14 individuals charged in the case to be still in prison, was given bail by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge O.P. Saini.

 

"Considering the progress of the trial, period of custody of the accused and the fact that all other accused have been released on bail, I am of the opinion that further detention of the accused would not serve any purpose and, for these reasons, I am inclined to grant applicant (Raja) bail," the judge said.Saini also directed that Raja could not visit the DoT or Tamil Nadu without the court's prior permission.

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