Rajendra Kumar, senior IAS officer and former Principal Secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was granted bail in a corruption case on Tuesday. Kumar, along with four others, was arrested by the CBI on July 4 in connection with the case of allegedly showing undue favour to a private company in the award of Government contracts worth over Rs 50 crore.
“The accused is a resident of Delhi and has roots in the society. The accused is in custody for 23 days. No purpose will be served by keeping the accused behind bars. Keeping in view the overall facts and circumstances, the accused is admitted to bail on furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs 1 lakh with one surety of the like amount,” the court said.
“The present case is admittedly based on documents…
The allegation as to whether the company M/s Endeavour Systems Pvt ltd was promoted at his behest or in what manner he was concerned with the same can only be analysed during the course of the trial,” the judge said.
However, the court added, “Rajendra Kumar will not try to contact any witness and will not influence the investigation in the case.”
“The CBI has also admittedly collected documents showing the impugned money trail. Once again, in what manner the present accused is connected with the same can only be analysed during the course of the trial,” the judge said.
On July 4, Kumar, along with 4 others, was arrested and was sent to CBI custody. The agency had claimed that Kumar and others are trying to “intimidate” the witnesses and it needs to confront the accused with each other.
On July 5, court passed the order sending Kumar, Tarun Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Gupta and Sandeep Kumar to CBI custody.
The CBI had submitted that although Kumar and others are joining the investigation, they are not cooperating and it needs to know the exact chain of events in the offence and thus his custody is required. The agency said that there have been several instances of Kumar intimidating the witnesses. “Being a public servant, he is at a powerful position and can influence anyone and intimidate the witnesses,” it had submitted.
The agency had also of having the audio tapes of conversations between Kumar and other accused persons.