Dhoot is a co-accused in a case involving former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar.
He was arrested on December 26 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) citing reasons of non-cooperation with the investigation.
A special CBI court in Mumbai had remanded Kochhar and Dhoot to judicial custody on December 29 last year. Thereafter, Dhoot had approached the special court challenging his arrest.
The special court rejected Dhoot’s application on January 5, opining that it does not have the power to review its own order remanding Dhoot to custody.
Aggrieved by the same, Dhoot had approached the High Court challenging his “illegal arrest” by the CBI and seeking urgent interim release on bail.
Source: Barandbench
