mumbai jun 27 the bombay high court today declined to grant interim protection from arrest to ncp mla pankaj bhujbal in a money laundering case registered by enforcement directorate a division bench headed by justice abhay oka rejected his petition it also posted his petition against the nonbailable warrant issued by the special court for prevention of money laundering act pmla cases in the maharashtra sadan scam till july 4 the interim protection from arrest granted to pankaj by the hc earlier expired a few days ago his father and former maharashtra deputy chief minister chhagan bhujbal are the main accused in the case he was arrested by ed in march and is still in jail eleven other accused including rajya sabha member and real estate developer sanjay kakade have sought anticipatory bail and the hc has granted them protection from arrest till july 1 according to ed the accused conspired with chhagan bhujbal a former pwd minister to divert or launder the kickbacks he had received on march 30 this year ed filed a charge sheet naming chhagan bhujbal pankaj bhujbals nephew sameer and firms such as d b realty balwa group neelkamal realtors and builders neelkamal central apartment llp and kakade infrastructure the charges relate to the contract for construction of the state guest house maharashtra sadan in delhi and the kalina landgrabbing case in mumbai svs krk pal