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Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Manish Sisodia In Money Laundering Case

The court had last month also rejected Sisodia’s application seeking interim bail for six weeks in view of the poor health condition of his wife. Justice Sharma had observed that the allegations against Sisodia were extremely serious in nature and that it cannot forg💜et the positions held by him.

AAP leader Manish Sisodia
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The Delhi High Court dismissed bail plea of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case relating to the al🥂leged excise policy💞 scam.

The court had last month also rejected Sisodia’s application seeking interim bail for six weeks in view of the poor health condition of his wife. Justice Sharma had observed that the allegations agai🥃nst Sisodia were extremely serious in nature and that it cannot forget the positions held by him.

Besides Sisodia, the high court also dismissed the bail pleas of businessmen Abhishek Boinpally, Benoy Babu and Vijay Nai♔r, who are co-accused in the money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arising from the alleged scam.

Sisodia, the forღmer Delhi deputy chief minister and excise minister, was first arresteꦯd by the CBI on February 26 for his alleged role in the Delhi excise policy scam and has been in custody since then.

(This is a developing story.♋ More details are awaited.)