A Delhi court on Saturday extended till November 10 the interim bail of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The Patiala House Court had granted bail to the actor on a bond of ₹ 50,000 on September 26.
During the hearing on Saturday, Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Malik noted that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted its reply on the bail plea filed by Jacqueline, but deferred the matter for November 10 for further hearing. The actor attended the court proceedings physically.
The court also directed ED to provide the chargesheet and other relevant documents to all parties.
The ED in its chargesheet had named Jacqueline as an accused in a multi-crore money laundering case linked to Sukesh, and said the actor is "directly or indirectly involved in the proceeds of crime".
According to the ED, the actor accepted gifts worth crores of rupees from Sukesh who is accused of cheating many people, including high-profile individuals such as former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh's wife Aditi Singh.
In September,Jacqueline had appeared before the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police for a second time for her alleged role in the case. She was also quizzed for over eight hours along with Pinki Irani, the person who allegedly introduced the actor to Chandrashekhar, in the same month.
The EOW had also questioned Jacqueline's stylist Leepakshi Ellawadi.
