IRCTC Scam Case: Delhi Court Refuses To Cancel Tejashwi Yadav Bail, Warns Him About Choice Of Words

The court said that Tejashwi Yadav should be responsible and choose words appropriately while speaking in public.

File Photo of Bihar Deputy CM Tajeshwi Yadav.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: The Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday refused to cancel Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's bail in the alleged IRCTC scam case and has reserved the order saying that it has not found any specific ground for cancelling the bail. However, the court has reprimanded Tejashwi Yadav over his statements about the Central Bureau of Investigation and its officers.

The court said that Tejashwi Yadav should be responsible and choose words appropriately while speaking in public, as reported by the news agency ANI. The court also said that a detailed order will be passed on the matter. The decision comes after the CBI had sought directions from the Delhi Court to cancel the bail granted to Bihar Deputy CM Tajeshwi Yadav in the alleged IRCTC scam case.

Tejashwi Yadav's lawyers submitted in the court that he is in the opposition party and raising questions on the wrongdoings of the Government is his duty. Representing Yadav in the case, his lawyers also alleged the misuse of CBI and ED by the present Government and said that all opposition party members also feel the same, as reported by the news agency ANI.

Yadav is one of the accused in the alleged IRCTC scam case. CBI stated that Tejashwi Yadav had threatened the CBI officials while addressing a press conference, thereby influencing the case, Tejashwi Yadav arrived at Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday in connection with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case.

The Special Judge Geetanjali Goel while passing oral order on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea seeking cancellation of bail against Tejashwi Yadav said directly to Yadav, "You are on very responsible post, it is not right to use such words. Use appropriate words in public because your words impact a huge number of the public," as reported by ANI.

"You have to understand the implications of your words this should not happen again. You must choose words carefully and not issue and use such words which have the potential to influence witnesses," said the court.

Advocate DP Singh appeared for CBI and submitted that "one of the case-related CBI officer recently met with the accident by a truck. We are not correlating these incidents with the threat as we have no evidence. But officers are afraid now after the Tejashwi Yadav presser which was according to the CBI was a clear threat to its officers. So we requested the court to cancel his bail on this ground," ANI reported.

Senior Advocate Maninder Singh appeared for Tejashwi Yadav and denied the submission made by CBI counsel. My client's press conference was in another context. "He talked about many things, scams and other political issues in the press conference I spoke about the land for Job Scams. I have spoken about the raids, in that case, how is he seeking a cancellation in IRCTC?" said Singh.

Tejashwi's counsel Maninder Singh further added that "If I have not violated anything in the IRCTC scam case and I am not an accused in the Land for Job scam till date. If you feel I have threatened the CBI officials register an FIR under IPC."

Earlier on September 28, the court granted more time to Tejashwi Yadav to file his reply on the CBI plea seeking his bail cancellation in the IRCTC scam case and he was asked to appear before the court.

Meanwhile, the Court also allowed RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav to travel abroad for medical treatment. He has sought court permission to travel to Singapore for medical treatment from October 10 to October 25. Lalu is presently on bail in CBI and ED in the alleged IRCTC scam case.

(With Inputs from ANI)