The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on the common bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Satyendar Jain in a cash laundering case.
A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal had reserved its judgement on January 17 after listening to the arguments of senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, showing for Jain, and Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the Enforcement Directorate.
On December 14, 2023, the highest courtroom had prolonged until January 8 the interim bail granted to Jain, a former minister within the AAP authorities, within the case on medical grounds.
The Supreme Court had granted interim bail to Jain on May 26, 2023 on medical grounds and it has been prolonged every so often.
Jain has moved the apex courtroom difficult the April 6, 2023 order of the Delhi High Court dismissing his common bail software within the case.
The ED had arrested the AAP chief on May 30, 2022 on the cost of laundering cash via 4 firms allegedly linked to him.
It had arrested Jain on the premise of a CBI FIR registered in opposition to him in 2017 underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Jain, who has denied these allegations, was granted common bail by the trial courtroom on September 6, 2019 within the case registered by the CBI.
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First Published: Mar 17 2024 | 1:41 PM IST