Judgement on Monica bail petition reserved for Dec 1 Monday, November 28 2005 18:52 Hrs (IST) - World Time -
Hyderabad:
A special CBI court today (Nov 28,2005) reserved its judgement for December one on a bail petition moved by Monica Bedi, the underworld don Abu Salem's girl-friend, who is lodged in a jail here facing trial in a passport forgery case.
A bail petition was filed last week by Delhi-based advocate Sudhir Batra on behalf of Bedi who is on a judicial remand till December nine.
After hearing the arguments of the defense lawyer and CBI's additional legal advisor Jacob Daniel, the special Judge for CBI court C V Subrahmanyam reserved the judgement for December one.
Bedi, a former Bollywood starlet extradited from Portugal along with the gangster was flown to the city on November 11.
She had secured passport in 2001 from Hyderabad under fictitious name and address and has been booked under various sections of IPC, PC Act and Passport Act.