Satyendar Jain Bail Plea: Delhi Court Reserves Order On ED Application For Case Transfer

The development came a day after the Supreme Court directed the sessions court to take up the application by ED today, September 22 seeking transfer of the case.

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain

New Delhi: The Principal District and Sessions Judge of The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday reserved the order on plea by the Enforcement Directorate to transfer Delhi minister Satyendar Jain’s bail application in connection with a money laundering case to another court, reported news agency ANI.  

The hearing was held a day after the Supreme Court directed the sessions court to take up the application by ED today, September 22 seeking transfer of the case concerning bail hearing of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case to another judge. 

Observing that any accused is entitled to an expeditious hearing of his bail plea, a three-judge bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud had asked the principal district and sessions judge of the Rouse Avenue court to take up the petition for hearing.

#UPDATE | Principal District and Sessions Court of Rouse Avenue Court reserves order on ED petition seeking transfer of case of money laundering case related to Delhi Minister Satyender Jain. https://t.co/IE0HYhLyhK

— ANI (@ANI) September 22, 2022

 "We clarify that any party aggrieved by the decision on transfer petition can seek appropriate remedies available in law. The forum for hearing of bail will depend upon the decision of the District Judge," the bench — also comprising Justices Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha — had said, quoted by news agency PTI. 

The Principal District and Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Gupta had on September 19 stayed proceedings for the bail application issuing notice to Jain and other co-accused  in the case on an ED application seeking transfer of the case to another judge. 

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and two others were arrested in a case based on an FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the Aam Aadmi Party leader in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. 

The Aam Aadmi Party MLA is accused of having laundered money through four companies linked to him.