A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of former Deputy Chief Minister and 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 relation to the alleged excise policy scam case. Special judge for CBI and ED, Kaveri Baweja, denied the relief, saying the stage was not right to grant the bail.
Now, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said Sisodia will approach the high court against a Rouse Avenue court’s Tuesday order, refusing bail to him in the alleged excise policy scam case.
The court had reserved the order after hearing arguments from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as well as the counsel appearing for Sisodia.
The CBI as well as the ED had alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Delhi Excise Policy, undue favours were extended to the licence holders, licence fee was waived or reduced and licences were extended without the competent authority’s approval.
The beneficiaries allegedly diverted “illegal” gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection, the probe agencies have alleged.
Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26, 2023 for his alleged role in the “scam”.
