<p>Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot on Friday appeared before a court here in the alleged ICICI Bank-Videocon money laundering case, and was granted bail.</p>.<p>Dhoot appeared before the special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which had earlier issued summons to him.</p>.<p>Special judge A A Nandgaonkar granted bail to him on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh.</p>.<p>The court directed him not to leave the country without its permission and also asked him to surrender his passport to the probe agency.</p>.<p>It added thathe must appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as and when required for probe in the case.</p>.<p>The court had on January 30 summoned former ICICI CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Dhoot after taking cognisance of the ED's charge sheet.</p>.<p>While Deepak Kochhar is in judicial custody, Chanda Kochhar appeared before the court last month, and was subsequently granted bail.</p>.<p>The ED had arrested Deepak Kochhar in September 2020 after it filed a criminal case for money laundering based on an FIR registered by the CBI against the Kochhars, Dhoot and others.</p>.<p>The ED has alleged that Rs 64 crore, out of a loan amount of Rs 300 crore sanctioned by a committee of ICICI Bank headed by Chanda Kochhar to Videocon International Electronics Limited, was transferred to Nupower Renewables Pvt Ltd (NRPL) by Videocon Industries on September 8, 2009, a day after the disbursement of loan.</p>.<p>NRPL was earlier known as Nupower Renewables Limited (NRL) and is owned by Deepak Kochhar, the ED said.</p>
<p>Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot on Friday appeared before a court here in the alleged ICICI Bank-Videocon money laundering case, and was granted bail.</p>.<p>Dhoot appeared before the special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which had earlier issued summons to him.</p>.<p>Special judge A A Nandgaonkar granted bail to him on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh.</p>.<p>The court directed him not to leave the country without its permission and also asked him to surrender his passport to the probe agency.</p>.<p>It added thathe must appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as and when required for probe in the case.</p>.<p>The court had on January 30 summoned former ICICI CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Dhoot after taking cognisance of the ED's charge sheet.</p>.<p>While Deepak Kochhar is in judicial custody, Chanda Kochhar appeared before the court last month, and was subsequently granted bail.</p>.<p>The ED had arrested Deepak Kochhar in September 2020 after it filed a criminal case for money laundering based on an FIR registered by the CBI against the Kochhars, Dhoot and others.</p>.<p>The ED has alleged that Rs 64 crore, out of a loan amount of Rs 300 crore sanctioned by a committee of ICICI Bank headed by Chanda Kochhar to Videocon International Electronics Limited, was transferred to Nupower Renewables Pvt Ltd (NRPL) by Videocon Industries on September 8, 2009, a day after the disbursement of loan.</p>.<p>NRPL was earlier known as Nupower Renewables Limited (NRL) and is owned by Deepak Kochhar, the ED said.</p>