After spending about 5 months in judicial custody, former senior Paytm executive Sonia Dhawan has been granted bail by the Allahabad High Court. Following the rejection of bail from the district court, Surajpur last month, her lawyer moved to Allahabad High Court.
Now, all three prime accused excluding Paytm employee Devendra Kumar have been granted bail in the extortion and blackmailing case. While Dhawan’s husband was granted bail in February, Rohit Chomwal-the prime accused who allegedly made extortion calls to Paytm founder’s brother had got stay on his arrest by the Allahabad High Court.
Citing sources, a Moneycontrol report said that the court had accepted Dhawan’s bail application on March 5 and she was released from the judicial custody on March 11.
According to the court order, there is no active role assigned to the applicant and allegations cannot stand concrete.
She also argued before the district court that WhatsApp chat records between Ajay Shekhar Sharma and Rohit Chomwal could not prove her involvement in the case.
Going forward, it would be crucial to see how court proceedings take place. So far, police have not been able to solve the case in 5 months and the investigating team behind the case is itself under judicial scanner over bribery charges.
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