On Wednesday, a Delhi court granted bail to Sanjeev Tyagi, cousin of ex-IAF chief SP Tyagi, and lawyer Gautam Khaitan in the VVIP chopper scam case, saying that no purpose would be served by keeping them in custody.
Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar gave relief to both the accused on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh each and one surety of like amount while imposing certain conditions on them.
The court ordered them not to tamper with the evidence or try to influence the witnesses.
The court had earlier granted bail to 72-year-old former IAF chief Tyagi, saying that the CBI has failed to state the alleged bribe amount and when it was paid.
It had noted that Tyagi had joined the investigation as and when CBI called him and it was not the case that he either tampered with evidence after registration of the FIR or influenced witnesses in the case.
Tyagi was arrested along with his cousin Sanjeev and Khaitan on December 9, 2016 by the CBI in connection with the case which relates to procurement of 12 VVIP choppers from UK-based firm during the UPA-2 regime.
Sanjeev's counsel had also opposed the CBI's contention saying that there was no reason to claim that if granted the relief, his client would hamper the probe.
The accused sought bail on the grounds that the evidence was documentary in nature and had already been seized by CBI and they have cooperated with the probe agency.
Sanjeev and Khaitan were in judicial custody.
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