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Raja walks out of Tihar jail after getting bail in 2G case | Former Telecom Minister A. Raja walked out of the Tihar
Jail here on Tuesday evening after spending over 15 months for his alleged role
in the 2G scam. A Delhi court today granted bail to Raja, who was arrested on
February 2 last year, on a personal bond of Rs 20 lakh and two sureties of the
like amount in the 2G spectrum case The court, while granting bail, imposed conditions on Raja that he will not visit Tamil Nadu without its prior permission and will not go to the office of the Department of Telecom (DoT). The court, in its 14-page
bail order, also said that Raja would not try to influence any witnesses while
on bail. On the CBI's apprehension that if granted bail Raja may influence witnesses
and tamper with evidence, the court said it addressed them by imposing conditions
and restrictions on the accused. The court noted that entire evidence in the case
was documentary and was in its custody. The timing of seeking bail is being seen
as significant, as Raja waited till all other accused had been granted bail, before
putting in his request for bail on grounds of "principle of parity." However,
the bail is conditional as Raja cannot visit his hometown without first taking
the court's permission. He will also have to furnish two sureties of Rs 10 lakh
each before he can be released. The DMK MP had filed the bail plea on the ground
that he should be treated in parity with the other 13 accused, all of whom have
been granted relief by the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court and the special
court trying the case. Raja had filed the application soon after former telecom
secretary Siddharth Behura, who was arrested along with him on February 2 last
year, was granted bail by the Supreme Court. Raja, in his bail plea, had contended
that he is "innocent" and the case against him is "false and fabricated". Besides
Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, Behura, Raja's former private secretary R K Chandolia
, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka, Unitech Limited
MD Sanjay Chandra and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group executives Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair are facing trial in the case.
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