Cruise bribery: Accused D'Souza's pre-arrest bail plea likely to be heard tomorrow

May 30, 2023 23:19

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Sanville alias Sam D'Souza, an accused in a case related to allegedly seeking a Rs 25 crore bribe from Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan in the 2021 Cordelia cruise drug bust, on Tuesday moved an anticipatory bail application before a special court in Mumbai.

His plea is likely to be heard by the special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Wednesday.

Former Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who supervised the raid on the Goa-bound Cordelia ship off the city coast, is one of the accused in the bribery case.

D'Souza sought anticipatory bail days after the Bombay high court refused to grant him interim protection from any coercive action like arrest while hearing his petition for quashing the FIR (first information report) against him.

A vacation bench of the HC, while refusing to provide any relief, had told the accused he can approach a sessions court for advance bail.

Following this, D'Souza withdrew his petition from the high court. -- PTI

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