Delhi Court grants bail to Ramadoss, 8 others in graft case

Former Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and eight

others, accused in a corruption case relating to the grant of illegal

permission to a medical college to admit students, were today granted bail by a

Delhi Court.Special Judge Talwant Singh enlarged the nine accused on

bail considering that they were not arrested during the CBI probe and have

co-operated during the investigation."Keeping in view that the accused persons have

co-operated during the investigation and they were not arrested during the

investigation and the charge sheet has already been filed..."..and the material relied upon by the CBI has already

been filed in the court, all the accused are entitled to bail on a personal

bond of Rs one lakh with a surety of the like amount," the court said.The former health minister is facing prosecution for

allegedly granting permission to the college, which did not have sufficient

faculty members or clinical infrastructure to run the course.PMK leader Ramadoss had been chargesheeted for allegedly

abusing his official position in permitting Indore-based Index Medical College

Hospital and Research Centre (IMCHRC) to admit students without having

sufficient faculty members and clinical infrastructure.Besides Ramadoss, the court granted bail to Cabinet

Secretariat Director K V S Rao, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's (MHFW)

Section Officer Sudershan Kumar and Dr J S Dhupia and Dr Dipendra Kumar Gupta

of Safdarjung Hospital.

Accused Dr S K Tongia, former dean of IMCHRC, Medical

Director of the college Dr K K Saxena as also Nitin Gothwal and Dr Pawan

Bhambani were also granted bail.