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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to businessman Navneet Kalra arrested in a case for allegedly hoarding of oxygen concentrators. The court noted that bail cannot be denied to accused, merely because public sentiments are against him.
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New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Delhi's Saket Court on Friday heard the bail plea of businessman Navneet Kalra, in connection with a case relating to the alleged hoarding of oxygen concentrators in which Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa representing him submitted that the concentrator box has all the information about the product.
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Kalra, through senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, told the court, I had no criminal intent to cheat anyone. The government has benefited from my sales, they got GST. I paid the income tax. The lawyer added, My invoices and oxygen concentrators are with them [the police]. No more recoveries are to be made against me. I cannot be put in pre-trial detention.
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Businessman Navneet Kalra, who is an accused in the oxygen concentrator blackmarketing case, on Friday submitted before a court here that he had no criminal intent to cheat people and cannot be kept in pre-trial detention. During a recent raid, 524 oxygen concentrators, which are crucial medical equipment used for COVID-19 patients, were recovered from Khan Chacha, Town Hall, and Nege & Ju restaurants owned by Kalra. The restaurateur is in judicial custody till June 3.