No Relief For Manish Sisodia As Delhi Court Again Extends Judicial Custody After SC Junks Bail Plea

Last week, the Supreme Court rejected curative plea filed by senior AAP leader Sisodia against the the dismissal of review petition filed against the 2023 verdict of the apex court denying him bail.

The former deputy Delhi CM was produced before Special Judge, MK Nagpal, of Rouse Avenue Court

A Delhi court on Tuesday again extended the judicial custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case till April 6. Last week, the Supreme Court rejected the curative petitions filed by the senior AAP leader Sisodia against the the dismissal of review petition filed against the 2023 verdict of the apex court denying him bail.

The former deputy Delhi CM was produced before Special Judge, MK Nagpal, of Rouse Avenue Court on the expiry of his previously-extended judicial custody in the case being probed by the ED, the IANS reported.

The Delhi court had earlier allowed Sisodia to meet his ailing wife twice a week.

In March 2023, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had taken Sisodia into custody after the CBI arrested him on February 26 last year in connection with the now scrapped Delhi liquor policy case.

Sisodia had moved the Delhi court seeking regular bail in the alleged Delhi Excise policy scam. 

Sisodia was arrested in connection with the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy Scam by ED and CBI. Sisodia was previously denied interim bail by trial court and then the Delhi High Court. He then moved the top court against the high court order denying him bail. 

In October 2023, the Supreme Court dismissed his petition after hearing arguments at length. The top court had observed that, “One aspect regard to transfer of money ,338 crores, is tentatively established."   

However, the apex court had passed directions that the trial in the case should be finished within six to eight months. If the case goes at a slower pace then Sisodia will be entitled to apply for bail again within three months.