Delhi HC dismisses plea alleging illegal custody of accused in Vivo money laundering case

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has rejected petitions alleging the judicial custody of the Managing Director of Lava International mobile company, Hari Om Rai, and two other accused in a money laundering case involving smartphone maker Vivo was illegal.

A bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait dismissed the habeas corpus petitions by Rai’s son and two other accused- Chinese national Guangwen alias Andrew Kuang and CA Nitin Garg.

A habeas corpus petition is filed seeking direction of a court to produce a person who is missing or has been detained illegally.