Money Laundering Cases: SC Extends Interim Bail Of Satyendar Jain On Medical Grounds; Sisodia's Bail Plea To Be Heard On July 14

Satyendar Jain was earlier granted six weeks interim bail on May 26, a day after he was admitted to the ICU at Lok Nayak Hospital after he slipped inside the bathroom in Tihar Jail. The Supreme Court also agreed to hear the bail pleas of AAP leader Manish Sisodia on July 14 in the excise policy scam case probed by the CBI and the money laundering matter arising out of it

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Updated on: 10 July 2023 6:00 am

AAP Leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain

The Supreme Court has extended the interim bail of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain on medical grounds until further orders. He has been under custody since May 2022 as an undertrial in a money laundering case.

He was earlier granted six weeks interim bail on May 26, a day after being admitted to the ICU at Lok Nayak Hospital after he slipped inside the bathroom in Tihar Jail. The court said that a citizen has a right to receive treatment of his choice in a private hospital at his own expense. The ED had arrested Jain on May 30 last year on the charge of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the bail pleas of AAP leader Manish Sisodia on July 14 in the excise policy scam case probed by the CBI and the money laundering matter arising out of it. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha agreed to hear the matter after senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the former Delhi deputy chief minister, urged the court to take it up for hearing on grounds that his wife was seriously ill and hospitalised.

Last week, Sisodia had moved the top court seeking bail in the CBI and ED cases related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

(This is a developing story. More details are awaited.)