The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh in the Delhi liquor policy case, reported Bar and Bench.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta and Prasanna B Varale ordered that Singh be released on bail while the trial is pending. This came after the Enforcement Directorate said the Aam Aadmi Party leader’s custody was no longer required.
The central agency, which is investigating the money-laundering allegations linked to the case, had alleged that Singh played a key role in formulating and implementing the policy.
Singh was arrested on October 4 after the Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at his home.
On December 22, a trial court rejected Singh’ application for bail. The Delhi High Court also refused to grant bail to the Aam Aadmi Party leader on February 7, after which he moved the top court.
On Tuesday, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Singh, said that the Aam Aadmi Party leader had not been initially named in the case.
Singhvi told the court that Singh was arrested on the allegations that Rs 1 crore had been given to an individual linked to the Aam Aadmi Party leader by businessman Dinesh Arora, the accused-turned-approver in the case.
The court observed that Arora had not implicated Singh in his initial statements, according to Bar and Bench.
The additional solicitor-general told the court…
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