The Supreme Court orders Jain to surrender after rejecting his bail request
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Kumar Jain’s request for regular bail in a money laundering case was denied by the Supreme Court on Monday.
A bench headed by Justice Bela M. Trivedi said, “All the appeals are dismissed,” and they gave Jain, who is presently out on temporary bail, instructions to turn himself up right away.
On January 17, the bench postponed making a decision after hearings from Senior Attorney Abhishek Singhvi, representing Jain, and Additional Solicitor General SV Raju representing the Enforcement Directorate.
Jain was detained by the ED on May 30 of last year and is charged with money laundering via four purportedly connected firms. The case stems from a 2017 CBI FIR filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act against him.
He had appealed the Delhi High Court’s ruling from April 6, 2023, which had denied him bail in the money laundering case.
The AAP leader was given a six-week temporary bail by the top court on May 26 due to medical reasons. His temporary bail has been increased many times since then.
The senior AAP leader’s temporary release was extended by the top court, which had previously warned him not to use the case’s pending status as a pretext to postpone the trial.
The Delhi High Court denied Jain’s bail request in a money laundering case on April 6 of last year, citing testimony from witnesses that Jain was the mastermind, creator, and source of funding for the alleged crime.
The AAP leader, according to the ED, was asking for many adjournments in the trial court since his bail application was still pending before the supreme court.
