New Delhi:

The Supreme Court on Monday extended interim bail granted to senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain on medical grounds till October 18 in an alleged money laundering case. The matter was listed before a bench of Justice AS Bopanna and Bela M Trivedi, who listed the matter for further hearing on October 18.

“List the matter on October 18 at 3 pm as the matter cannot be taken up for consideration today,” the court said.

“In the meanwhile, the interim bail, granted earlier, is extended till the next date of hearing i.e. October 18, 2023,” the court added.

Mr Jain has undergone surgery on July 21. The interim bail given to Mr Jain on medical grounds has been extended from time to time.

On May 26, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Satyendar Jain for six weeks in the money laundering case but imposed various conditions including that he should not talk to the media or leave Delhi without permission.

The Supreme Court had also given Mr Jain to choose any hospital of his choice for his medical treatment. The Supreme Court had made it clear that interim bail is considered in medical conditions.

The AAP leader’s lawyer had told the Supreme Court that he had lost 35 kg and turned into a skeleton due to this.

Satyendar Jain has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his bail plea in the money laundering case against him.

On April 6, the Delhi High Court dismissed the bail plea of Mr Jain, stating that the applicant is an influential person and has the potential of tampering with evidence.

The HC had kept the order reserved on March 21 after the conclusion of the submissions made by the defence and prosecution sides after multiple hearings. During arguments in the High Court, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju appeared for the Enforcement Directorate contented that money laundering is crystal clear against Mr Jain and other co-accused.

In his bail plea, Mr Jain stated, “I appeared before ED on 7 occasions. I have cooperated and participated in the investigation.”

On November 17, 2022, the trial court dismissed the bail petition of Satyendar Jain. He was arrested on May 30, 2022, under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the Enforcement Directorate and is presently in Judicial Custody in the case.

The ED case is based on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) complaint registered on the allegation that Satyender Jain had acquired movable properties in the name of various persons from February 14, 2015, to May 31, 2017, which he could not satisfactorily account for.

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New Delhi:

Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate today in connection with the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case. He is the third AAP leader to be arrested by a central agency.

Before him, Manish Sisodia was arrested earlier this year and Satyendar Jain was arrested last year.

In April, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also questioned for nearly nine hours by the CBI in the liquor policy case. He was questioned as a witness in the case which investogators said involved corruption in framing the policy to benefit a liquor lobby. He hasn’t been summoned for further questioning since then.

Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate raided Mr Singh’s home. The ED had earlier questioned members of the staff and those linked to the 51-year-old Rajya Sabha MP.

Coming out in support of his party MP,  Arvind Kejriwal said that nothing will be found at his residence, adding that all agencies like the Enforcement Directorate or ED and CBI will get active as the 2024 elections are coming.

Manish Sisodia

The CBI on February 26 arrested Manish Sisodia, then the deputy chief minister of Delhi, for alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. He has been in custody since then.

Soon after, on February 28, he resigned from the Delhi cabinet on February 28.

Mr Sisodia held the excise portfolio among the many that he handled as the deputy chief minister.

The ED arrested him in a money laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9 after questioning him in Tihar Jail.

According to the federal investigative agencies, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favours were extended to licence holders.

The Delhi government implemented the policy on November 17, 2021, but scrapped it at the end of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption.

Satyendar Jain

Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested in May last year in a money laundering case.

The ED had arrested the AAP leader on the charge of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him.

The case is based on a CBI complaint registered on the allegation that Satyendar Jain had acquired movable properties in the name of various persons from February 14, 2015, to May 31, 2017, which he could not satisfactorily account for.

Mr Jain is currently out on bail on medical grounds. The Supreme Court on Monday extended further interim bail granted to him till October 8.

The 59-year-old had a spinal surgery on July 21.

The Supreme Court while granting interim bail to Mr Jain on May 26, had said a citizen has a right to receive treatment of his choice.

The top court had also given Mr Jain to choose any hospital of his choice for his medical treatment.