Arms deal case: Abhishek Verma, wife denied bail

New Delhi: A Delhi court today declined to grant interim bail to arms dealer Abhishek Verma and his wife accused of possessing secret defence documents and supplying them to foreign nationals in violation of the Official Secrets Act (OSA). Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash rejected the plea of Verma and his Romanian wife Anca Maria Neacsu for interim bail to attend to his ailing mother. [caption id=“attachment_625772” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Abhishek Verma and his wife. PTI.[/caption] The couple, which have been booked by CBI for allegedly possessing secret documents pertaining to IAF projects, acquisition plans and other information, had sought interim bail citing Verma’s mother’s critical health condition and had told the court that they need to attend to her. Their plea was vehemently opposed by Additional Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan. “Verma was earlier granted bail by the Delhi High Court in the naval war room leak case, in which also he had possessed secret documents relating to the Indian Navy. He, however, failed to maintain the sanctity of that bail and went on to commit offence of similar nature which is before this court,” Mohan contended. The court, while agreeing with the prosecution’s submission, said both the accused should not be granted even interim bail considering the nature and gravity of the offences and the fact that both have been charge sheeted under section 3 of the OSA (for passing sensitive information) and of criminal conspiracy. PTI