September 13, 2011 2:34 PM

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Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi court to decide interim bail plea of Amar Singh

A Delhi court will decide the interim bail plea of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh on Tuesday. He is arrested for his alleged role in 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal reserved her order after hearing senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, who argued the case of the 55-year-old former Samajwadi Party general secretary. Singh is seeking interim bail from a Delhi court on medical ground.Amar Singh was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi last night following a rise in creatinine level in his body. Tihar jail spokesman Sunil Gupta said Singh was admitted in the private ward of AIIMS at around 8 pm. A panel of doctors at Tihar jail examined Singh, found his creatinine level high and decided to refer him for admission in AIIMS.Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh could not get reprieve from a Delhi court on Tuesday in Cash-for-Vote Scam. Hearing Amar Singh's bail plea, the court deferred the decision on his interim bail plea for two more days.The court sought medical reports both from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Tihar Jail authorities on his current health status. The court will now hear the plea on Thursday.The court also deferred the hearing on the interim bail pleas of the two former MPs Mahabir Singh Bhagora and Faggan Singh Kulaste to 29th September. They were arrested for their alleged involvement in the 2008 Cash-for-Vote Scam.

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