The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez to withdraw her plea challenging a Delhi court order to frame charges against her in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case.
“Counsel for the petitioner (Fernandez) has sought permission to withdraw this special leave petition with liberty to avail appropriate remedy in accordance with law,” a bench of Justices said. The top court permitted the withdrawal of petition with the liberty as sought by the petitioner.
A Delhi court on May 30 ordered framing of charges against the actor, alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar and 15 others in the case. The actor had moved the top court against the order.
The trial court also directed that charges be framed against Chandrashekar and 20 others for various offences, including under the stringent MCOCA provisions, in another case registered by the city police’s special cell.
On June 3, setting the stage for trial, a Delhi court formally framed charges in the money laundering case.
On June 11, apex court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra recused himself from hearing the actor’s plea.
Fernandez, who was was summoned by the ED several times in connection with the probe, was named an accused for the first time in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the agency. (PTI)
