NEW DELHI: An alleged middleman in the Agustawestland case, Christian Michel, has moved the Delhi high court seeking an interim bail citing the threat of novel coronavirus infection.
The bail plea refers to a recent Supreme Court direction which had asked all states and union territories to constitute a High Powered Committee "to determine which class of prisoners can be released on parole or an interim bail for such period as may be thought appropriate" to curb the spread of Covid-19 in prisons which are over crowded. “...health condition of the Applicant herein is very critical and incompatible with the current prison status, especially to date with the risk of contracting the Covid-19 infection, which could have a lethal effect on the