New Delhi

A Delhi Court on Tuesday granted bail to bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez in an alleged money-laundering case of Rs 200 crores. The alleged Conman Sukesh Chandra Shekar is also an accused in this case.

Special Judge Shailendra Malik of Patiala House Court granted bail to Jacqueline Fernandes. Earlier she was granted interim bail.

The Court had raised questions that why the agency did not arrest her during the investigation. The court had said that the agency arrested some accused while the others were not. "Why this policy of pick and choose?" the Court questioned.

The actress’ counsel argued that she was not aware that the gifts she received were out of proceeds of crime. In these circumstances, she is entitled to bail.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its reply opposing the regular bail plea of Jacqueline stated that she never cooperated with the investigation and only made the disclosure when confronted with evidence.

On August 17, 2022, a supplementary chargesheet was filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the Rs 200 crore extortion case against conman Sukesh Chandrashekar in a Delhi Court mentioned the name of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused.

Jacqueline Fernandez has also been summoned by ED several times in the matter for the purpose of investigation.

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According to ED's earlier chargesheet, Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi examined and stated that the actresses got top models of BMW cars, and other expensive gifts from the accused Sukesh.