SC grants bail to AAP leader Sanjay Singh
New Delhi, India - The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to AAP (Aam Aadmi party) leader Sanjay Singh in a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy irregularities case. The court order came after Enforcement Directorate (ED) chose not to oppose Sanjay Singh’s bail plea.
A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed the release of Sanjay Singh on bail during the pendency of trial.
The ED informed the SC that the agency has no objection to Sanjay Singh getting bail.
The ED response came after the court sought to know from the investigating agency whether it needed further custody of Sanjay Singh in the excise policy case.
The court observed that Singh had spent six months in jail.
The Supreme Court clarified that Sanjay Singh will be released on terms and conditions to be fixed by the trial court. The court also made it clear that concession shall not be cited as precedent.
Meanwhile the court said that Sanjay Singh may continue with his political activities. In the meantime the top court disposed of Sanjay Singh’s another plea challenging his arrest and remand in the case observing that it has become infructuous.
The top court was hearing
Singh’s plea against the Delhi High Court order refusing to grant him bail in the excise policy irregularities case. He was arrested by the ED on October 4, 2023.
According to ED, Sanjay Singh was alleged to be involved in creating a special purpose vehicle to launder the proceeds of crime that would have been generated from the business arising out of the policy changes as conspired by him and his co-conspirators.
ED had also stated that Sanjay Singh has been in possession of certain confidential documents pertaining to the investigation of this case that are not in the public domain.
Sanjay Singh in the Delhi High Court denied charges and said that he is not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing or any violation of the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).