Digvijaya granted bail in defamation case filed by Gadkari

December 21, 2012 11:49

A Delhi Court on Friday granted bail to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in connection with the defamation case filed by BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Singh appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar in pursuance to the summons issued against him by the court on November 17 and the judge granted bail to him on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of the like amount.

Gadkari had filed the criminal defamation case against Singh, who has accused him of having business links with his party MP Ajay Sancheti who allegedly pocketed a huge sum in coal block allocation.

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