A third application for bail pending trial for Salendra Sen Sinha was refused by High Court judge Justice Daniel Gounder, however, if the accused is not tried by January 2010, he may renew his application for bail.

Sinha has been investigated for alleged offences in other Pacific countries like Samoa and Vanuatu.

Sinha is charged with multiple counts of fraud offences and no trial date has been fixed.

Defence counsel Haroon Ali Shah submits that the Sinha had been in remand since September last year without trial, which constitutes sufficient ground to grant bail.

Judge Gounder ruled that the two previous applications for bail were refused because this court found, as a matter of fact the accused was a flight risk.

He had previously breached bail conditions by absconding the jurisdiction of Fiji and he had escaped from police custody after he was remanded.