<p class="title">The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday accede to request for bail by former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma in a 2008 case.</p>.<p class="title">In the case, Sharma was stated to have taken Rs 25 lakh as bribe during his stint as the managing director of Gujarat government owned firm Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sharma was re-arrested on March 9, 2018, by Gujarat Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), hours after he stepped out of the Sabarmati Central Jail, in Ahmedabad, after receiving bail in a separate case of reported money laundering that was investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has been lodged in the jail for almost 20 months now.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Tuesday, Sharma got relief from the court of Justice A J Desai. As per the details of the case, Managing Director of a private shipping firm-Shoft Shipyard, Sahay Raja, claimed that he had paid Rs 25 lakh in bribe to Sharma for releasing funds way back in 2009.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This statement was recorded by the ED while probing a money laundering case against Sharma.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ACB on its part had produced transcripts of telephonic conversations said to have taken place between Sharma and Sahay Raj, to strengthen their case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sharma had challenged the legality of his phone being tapped.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sharma, who has a total of 10 cases against him, is likely to walk out of Sabarmati jail on Wednesday.</p>
<p class="title">The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday accede to request for bail by former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma in a 2008 case.</p>.<p class="title">In the case, Sharma was stated to have taken Rs 25 lakh as bribe during his stint as the managing director of Gujarat government owned firm Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sharma was re-arrested on March 9, 2018, by Gujarat Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), hours after he stepped out of the Sabarmati Central Jail, in Ahmedabad, after receiving bail in a separate case of reported money laundering that was investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has been lodged in the jail for almost 20 months now.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Tuesday, Sharma got relief from the court of Justice A J Desai. As per the details of the case, Managing Director of a private shipping firm-Shoft Shipyard, Sahay Raja, claimed that he had paid Rs 25 lakh in bribe to Sharma for releasing funds way back in 2009.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This statement was recorded by the ED while probing a money laundering case against Sharma.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ACB on its part had produced transcripts of telephonic conversations said to have taken place between Sharma and Sahay Raj, to strengthen their case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sharma had challenged the legality of his phone being tapped.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sharma, who has a total of 10 cases against him, is likely to walk out of Sabarmati jail on Wednesday.</p>