The top court said merely because some lobby or pressure groups had sought a certain policy change does not imply there was corruption or commission of crime unless an element of bribery was involved.
SC remarked that the case will flatten in the trial court when the two questions will be asked in the cross-examination by the defence lawyer raising doubt on the evidence.
In a post on X, Kejriwal said: "The arrest of Sanjay Singh is completely illegal. This shows Modi ji's nervousness. They will arrest many more opposition leaders till the elections."
According to sources, Singh's name appeared four times in the charge sheet, out of which one was by mistake. While typing, Delhi's excise commissioner Rahul Singh's name was mistakenly typed as Sanjay Singh.
In the previous hearing, Singhvi informed the court that there was urgency in the matter as Sisodia was seeking interim bail due to his wife's serious health condition
Vijayan said that there were 16,255 Cooperative Societies registered under Registrar of Cooperatives in the State and proper inspections were being carried out all the time.
The money laundering case lodged in 2022 stems from an FIR registered on a complaint by the Income Tax department over allegations of illegal collection of levy on coal as well as attempts to influence public servants through corrupt means in Chhattisgarh.
The investigation into the alleged fraud, beginning in 2010, in the Thrissur-based bank stems from 16 FIRs registered by the Kerala Police (crime branch) in Thrissur.
The enforcement agency had initiated the investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by CBI under various sections of IPC against Sunheaven Agro India Ltd and its directors.
