Nawab Malik, a Maharashtra Cabinet Minister, and Anil Deshmukh, a former State Home Minister, have applied to a Mumbai court for a day’s bail to vote in the Rajya Sabha elections on June 10.
The only voters in the Rajya Sabha elections are elected members of the legislative assembly, and voting takes place inside the Vidhan Bhawan, according to both applications.
Malik is currently in judicial custody for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case involving underworld don Dawood Ibrahim under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
On June 8, Special PMLA Judge RN Rokade will hear both applications.
Deshmukh, who is also in judicial custody, is the main suspect in the investigation launched by the ED after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a FIR in response to a court-ordered investigation.
They should be allowed to vote because they are MLAs and members of the electoral college for member elections, and Malik pleaded for medical treatment at a private hospital through Rashmikant & Partners.
As a result, Malik requested permission to be transported in an ambulance under medical supervision for a few hours so that he could vote in the Biennial Elections before being returned to the hospital where he is being treated.
Malik assured the Court that he would cover the costs of medical treatment and police escort.
Deshmukh’s application, on the other hand, stated that the lack of police escort may not be a problem because only 288 MLAs will be voting in Vidhan Bhawan.
Deshmukh also promised the Court in his plea, filed through lawyer Aniket Nikam, that he would pay the police escort charges.
