In the Delhi excise policy’scam’ case, the Supreme Court is requesting the response from the Enforcement Department on AAP leader Sanjay Singh’s bail request
Sanjay Singh, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), filed a bail request on Monday in connection with a money-laundering case involving the alleged Delhi excise policy fraud. The Supreme Court requested the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) answer.
Singh has challenged the Delhi High Court ruling that denied him bail in the case, and a panel of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta issued a notice to the federal agency on the appeal.
The bench marked Singh’s bail request in conjunction with his second appeal, in which he contested his detention and arrest in the money-laundering case.
In court on Singh’s behalf, senior attorney Abhishek Singhvi asked for the bail application to be tagged with the ongoing case and for a notice to be issued about it.
He said that because the ongoing action has a hearing set for March 5, it makes sense to address both issues at once.
The bench granted the motion and said that the two petitions would be heard concurrently.
Singh was re-elected from Delhi to the Rajya Sabha. On February 7, the high court denied Singh’s bail motion, but ordered the trial court to move quickly once the trial began.
On October 4, 2023, the ED detained Singh in connection with the case.
