New Delhi: In a significant development, the Delhi High Court has dismissed the bail petition of Manish Sisodia, former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, in connection with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case involving alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy.
The court has also rejected the bail pleas of Vijay Nair, former communication in-charge of the Aam Aadmi Party, Abhishek Boinpally (a businessman from Hyderabad), and Binoy Babu Binoy (a manager with liquor company Pernod Ricard) in the same case.
The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, while dismissing the bail petition of Manish Sisodia, said that the court does not find any infirmity with the trial court order which had dismissed his bail. The bench also said that Manish Sisodia being a powerful person, there was the possibility of him influencing the witnesses.
The Rose Avenue Court earlier dismissed the bail plea of Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case related to the Excise scam, stating that “this case of economic offences having serious repercussions upon the general public and society at large as the evidence collected during the investigation speaks volumes of his involvement in the commission of the said offence.”
Sisodia was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after several hours of questioning at Tihar Jail in connection with the liquor policy case. Prior to this, he had been arrested by the CBI as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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