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A bench of the apex court docket, as per reviews, directed that Singh be launched on bail on phrases and stipulations blueprint by the trial court docket
The Supreme Court docket of India on Tuesday (Apr 2) granted bail to Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh within the Delhi liquor policy case.
A bench of the apex court docket, as per reviews, directed that Singh be launched on bail on phrases and stipulations blueprint by the trial court docket.
“We sing that Sanjay Singh be launched on bail on phrases and stipulations mounted by the trial court docket. We elaborate that the concession given on the present time might presumably perhaps furthermore not be handled as a precedence. He’ll be allowed to continue along with his political actions.”
Sanjay Singh in jail since October 2023
The bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Dipankar Datta, and Justice P B Varale wondered the Enforcement Directorate (ED) relating to the need for additional custody of Singh.
Hearing Singh’s plea powerful his arrest and remand by the ED, the Supreme Court docket illustrious that Singh had already spent six months in jail.
The bench beneficial Additional Solicitor Identical outdated S V Raju, exhibiting on behalf of the ED, that no cash had been recovered from Singh’s possession and suggested that the allegation of him receiving a ₹2 crore ($239,887) bribe might presumably perhaps furthermore be examined right by the trial.
Singh turned into as soon as arrested by the ED on October 4 closing 365 days.
Previously, within the excessive court docket, the AAP leader had applied for bail, citing that he had been in custody for over three months and that no characteristic had been attributed to him within the predicate offence.
However, the probe company ED on the time adversarial Singh’s bail plea, alleging his involvement in acquiring, possessing, concealing, dissipating, and the disclose of proceeds of crime related to the Delhi liquor scam right by the 2021-22 policy duration.
The ED also claimed that Singh had illicitly gained cash or kickbacks from the liquor policy scam and had conspired with others.
(With inputs from companies)
