The Supreme Court asked whether it is possible to completely deprive British citizen Christian Michel of his liberty simply because he is a foreign national . The court said that, normal, if the accused had been an Indian national, the court would have been able to grant bail, particularly if he had spent more than four years in jail for the offenses, which is Michel .
New Delhi (India), December 6: The Supreme Court asked on Tuesday whether it is possible to completely deprive British citizen Christian Michel, who is accused of the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, of his liberty simply because he is a foreign national, and said that, normal, if the accused had been an Indian national, the court would have been able to grant bail, particularly if he had spent more than four years in jail for the offenses, which is Michel, a United Kingdom national who was extradited from Dubai in 2018, approached the apex court, seeking bail in the cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam being investigated by the agencies.The court learned that the statute says he must only be tried for the offenses for which he has surrendered or been extradited and that the court would have According to the bail petition, the clause in the legislation that such a person may not be tried for crimes outside those for which he has been extradited must be read together with the convention, which states that, as the case is pending, all the other accused in the case have been released in 60 days and that he is the only one in the country who has not been released, and that the offence of money laundering cannot be avoided.Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the deal, was deported from the UAE and is now in prison.Rajeev Saxena, a Dubai-based businessman, was extradited to India on January 31, 2019 in connection with a Rs 3,600-crore alleged bribe regarding the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland.