Supreme Court asks Delhi HC to decide bail plea of Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s wife Leena Paulose

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to decide in three weeks alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s wife Leena Paulose’s bail plea in a Rs 200 crore extortion case.

A Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh issued the order after Paulose’s counsel submitted that her bail plea had been pending for over a year before the high court.

Paulose has sought expeditious hearing of her bail plea.

Delhi Police have booked Chandrashekar for allegedly duping the wives of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh of Rs 200 crore. He is also facing several other probes.

Chandrasekhar and Paulose—facing proceedings in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate—were arrested by Delhi Police in the extortion case under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

Delhi Police accused Paulose, Chandrashekar and other accused persons of using hawala routes and creating shell companies to park the proceeds of crime.