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Delhi Liquor Scam: SC reserves order on bail plea by Sisodia

By Jhanak Sharma      06 August, 2024 11:53 PM      0 Comments
Delhi Liquor Scam SC reserves order on bail plea by Sisodia

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on plea for bail filed by Delhi's former Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in separate corruption and money laundering cases in the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Vishwanathan wrapped up the proceedings after hearing senior advocate A M Singhvi for Sisodia and Additional Solicitor General S V Raju for the CBI and the ED.

During the hearing, the court sought to know from the prosecuting agency as to how long it would take to conclude the trial.

"When do you see the end of tunnel considering there are 493 witnesses," the bench asked the agencies' counsel.

Raju, on his part, contended the delay was attributable to the petitioner as he continued to file unwarranted applications one after another for seeking documents before the court.

Singhvi, however, retorted none of the application for seeking documents, got dismissed by the trial court.

The bench also said no application was found by the trial court as vexatious or frivolous or intended to delay the proceedings.

Raju claimed the trial may commence on a day-to-day basis after opening of the prosecution statement under Section 226 of the CrPC on August 12.

Singhvi said without complying with Section 207 CrPC on supply of documents and framing of charges as there are 40 accused, the trial can't commence.

He also claimed there was no evidence against the petitioner in WhatsApp chats. He also said the petitioner has already undergone half of the minimum sentence in the case.

Sisodia was arrested in the case on February 26, 2023. He sought bail in cases filed by the CBI and the ED.

On Monday, the Supreme Court had asked the Enforcement Directorate as to how it will draw the line between policy decision of the Cabinet and criminality, and also if an increase in profit margin is enough to infer on a decision taken by the Cabinet, of an elected government.

Raju, however, said the increase in profit is not the case of the central agency, many factual things happened prior to this increase, including the meetings.

Sisodia had earlier been declined any relief by the trial court, the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court.



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