Former Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar granted bail by Delhi court in fake degree case.


Tomar had sought bail on the ground that as the probe in the matter was over, he could not be kept in jail. "Investigation is complete. I cannot be kept in jail. I am a Delhi resident and I will not run away from here," senior advocate Ramesh Gupta, who was appearing for Tomar, said last week.


Delhi Police, opposed the bail plea, with Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava contending that he might tamper with the evidence in the case if released.


"It is a serious case and is at a crucial stage of investigation. He might tamper with evidence if he is granted bail," Shrivastava said.


The court had on July 6 extended by 14 days the judicial custody of Tomar after Delhi Police informed it that the probe in the case was in progress.


The court had also allowed the police to take specimen signature of Tomar in the presence of a magistrate so as to match the samples with the new documents recovered from different universities in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.