Former telecom minister A Raja, who is an accused in the 2G Spectrum allocation scam, on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for bail.
Raja moved SC for bail minutes after the Court granted bail to former Telecommunications Secretary Siddhartha Behura, more than a year after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in improper allotment of telecom license and bandwidth in 2008.
Several others including lawmaker Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and some corporate executives, arrested in connection with the case, had got bail late last year.
Raja, who was the first one to be arrested in the case on February 2 last year, is languishing behind the bars.
The court on October 22 last year had framed charges against Raja and 16 others for offences including criminal breach of trust which entails a maximum punishment of life term.
The charges were framed under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act dealing with offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, faking documents, abusing official position, getting bribe and criminal misconduct by public servant. These offences entail punishment ranging from six months in jail to life imprisonment.