THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, July 16: In the corruption and money laundering cases involving the alleged Delhi excise policy scam/ liquor scam, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s bail pleas.
A bench led by Justice B R Gavai scheduled a hearing for July 29 and asked for responses on Sisodia’s appeals from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Sisodia, the former deputy chief minister of Delhi, has applied for bail, asserting that he has been in custody for 16 months and that the trial is no further along than it was in October of the previous year.
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Sisodia’s application to revive his petitions in the excise policy-related corruption and money laundering cases, along with his bail pleas, was being heard by the bench, which also included Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice K V Viswanathan.
The CBI apprehended Sisodia on February 26, 2023, for his alleged involvement in the liquor policy case, and the ED arrested him on March 9, 2023, in connection with a money laundering case arising from the CBI FIR.
