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The
fate of big-time film financier Bharat Shah, who has been
incarcerated since early last year due to his alleged connections
to the underworld, is to be decided on 2 April, the Supreme
Court ruled yesterday.
A
two-judge bench of the Supreme Court yesterday adjourned
final hearing on Shah's bail plea after his counsel said
he would be challenging the constitutionality of the Maharashtra
Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), reports state. Shah
is currently being held in custody under MCOCA.
Shah has already made four bail applications in the designated
MCOCA court which were rejected. Four more applications
in the Mumbai High Court were also rejected. It was following
the series of denials that Shah moved a special leave petition
(SLP) in the Apex Court in November last year.
The
diamond jeweller was arrested in January last year. At that
time the Mumbai police exposed his alleged connection with
Pakistan-based gangster Chhota Shakeel in the making of
the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.
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