India, Dec. 27 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Purushottam Chavan, the former husband of an IPS officer, and three others in an alleged Rs.263-crore TDS fraud case. The court observed that the applicants had spent a considerable amount of time in custody, with no possibility of the trial commencing any time soon.

After the trial court rejected their bail applications on grounds of "serious fraud", Chavan, along with Bhushan Patil, Tanaji Adhikari and Rajesh Batreja, had approached the high court, seeking bail in connection with an FIR registered against them on January 23, 2022, for criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, forgery, illegal gratification, criminal misconduct, etc.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged...