Delhi excise policy case: Court issues notice to probe agencies on Sisodia's bail plea
Delhi excise policy case: Court issues notice to probe agencies on Sisodia’s bail plea
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the CBI and ED on the bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia in the corruption and money laundering cases lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged irregularities in the Delhi liquor policy case.
A bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma has sought responses from both the probe agencies to Sisodia’s plea, and slated the next hearing in the case for May 8.Â
The High Court has also allowed Sisodia to meet his wife once a week under custody. The high court has directed that the trial court’s earlier order allowing custody parole for Sisodia will continue.Â
Today, the court was informed by Sisodia’s lawyers that the trial court order was discontinued after his bail plea was turned down. The probe agency told the court that it had no objection to the continuation of the trial court’s custody parole order.Â
Sisodia approached the high court challenging the order of Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on April 30, by which his bail pleas in the two cases were dismissed. The court had dismissed Sisodia’s pleas, saying the stage was not right for granting bail.
The Rouse Avenue Court had also rejected Sisodia’s contention that the proceedings in the case had been delayed or protracted or moving at a snail’s pace. The trial court concluded that it was not inclined to grant either regular or interim bail to Sisodia at this stage.
Sisodia had filed for bail in terms of the Supreme Court’s order from October last year, when, while denying him bail, the top court had granted him the liberty to file for bail again if the trial proceeds at a snail’s pace.
The Rouse Avenue Court, in strongly worded remarks, said there was a concerted effort by Sisodia and the other accused to cause delay in the matter.
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