Liquor Policy Scam
SC issues notices to CBI, ED on Sisodia plea seeking relaxation of bail conditions
This story was originally published at 13:03 IST on 22 November 2024
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NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate on Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia's plea seeking relaxation of bail conditions in the Delhi liquor policy case. Sisodia contested the bail condition of reporting to the investigating officer every Monday and Thursday between 1000 IST and 1100 IST.
Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sisodia, said that the former Delhi deputy chief minister is a respectable citizen and has already appeared 60 times before the investigating officer. Further, there is no such condition for any other accused in the case, Singhvi said. A Bench of Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K.V. Viswanathan said the court will now hear the case after two weeks, adding that it will decide Sisodia's application at the next hearing only.
On Aug. 9, the top court had granted bail to Sisodia in cases related to the liquor policy scam filed by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation. The top court asked Sisodia to surrender his passport and report to the investigating officer every Monday and Thursday.
The case pertains to the Delhi government's new excise policy which was announced in November 2021. It allowed private companies to distribute liquor in the national capital. The policy was later withdrawn following allegations of cartelisation and monopoly.
The CBI had filed a chargesheet against Sisodia under sections of the Indian Penal Code relating to cheating and criminal conspiracy and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money-laundering angle in the case, had filed a chargesheet, naming Sisodia as the "main accused".
The investigating agencies alleged that Sisodia made changes to the policy without the approval of Delhi's lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor referred the matter to the CBI, which then filed a first information report. The CBI arrested Sisodia on Feb. 26, 2023. On Mar. 9, 2023, the Enforcement Directorate also arrested Sisodia after questioning him inside Tihar Jail. End
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Reported by Surya Tripathi
Edited by Namrata Rao
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