A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan noted Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Suryaprakash V Raju's stand of leaving it to the Court to decide the prayer for bail.
The Bombay High Court on Monday refused bail to Sadanand Kadam, a close associate of Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab, accused in a money laundering case in connection with the construction of an.
The FIR was registered based on a complaint filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, who alleged that Sai Resort in Dapoli, is owned by Parab, a former minister, and Sadanand Kadam.
The court said that Deshpande had the knowledge that such sanction cannot be granted legally as the land fell in the Coastal Regulation Zone-III and yet it was done, and that he 'knowingly assisted' the process of money-laundering.