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Senior AAP leader and Delhi Minister Atishi broke down while sharing the news of Sisodia's bail during the inaugural function at a school in Naseerpur

Says the AAP leader has been in custody for 17 months in the excise policy scam case and trial has not yet commenced, depriving him of the right to speedy trial

The accused were produced via video conferencing from Tihar Jail after their previous judicial custody period expired.

Delhi Chief Minister's custody in corruption case, lodged by CBI, extended till August 8

New Delhi: A court on Wednesday extended till July 25 the judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia and BRS leader K Kavitha in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja extended their custody after they were produced before the court through video conference on the expiry of […]

Launches scathing attack against the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over her husband's arrest

Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma had, on May 3, issued a notice on Sisodia’s pleas seeking replies from both the agencies -- the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court has also set the next date for further arguments regarding the framing of charges against the accused in the case.

Last week, Sisodia withdrew his interim bail plea to campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Sisodia, the former deputy chief minister of Delhi, was produced before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court on the expiry of his previously extended judicial custody.

Sources said the AAP national convenor approached the top court seeking an urgent hearing of his petition after a high court division bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait refused to grant him interim protection. 

The agency may arrest him or take him to its office in central Delhi for questioning, sources said, even though there was no official word on the agency's likely course of action.  

The action is part of a money laundering investigation focusing on alleged bribes that were garnered through irregularities in the DJB tendering process and purportedly channelled as election funds to the AAP, they said

Special judge M K Nagpal also extended the judicial custody of Sisodia till February 22 after he was produced before the court on the expiry of his remand granted earlier

Special Judge M. K Nagpal at Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the application for February 2, 2024.

He asserted that to this day, not a single party MLA or leader has been bought or broken.

The Delhi Police brought the former Deputy Chief Minister to meet his wife as permitted by the Rouse Avenue court on Friday

Sisodia has been in custody since Febraury and is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enfoecement Directorate (ED).

The list includes the names of Delhi CM and AAP's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, party leader Manish Sisodia and other party leaders

The court instructed counsels representing accused individuals like Kuldeep Singh, Vijay Nair, Sameer Mahendru, Rajesh Joshi, and others to review unused documents related to the Delhi Excise policy case at the CBI Headquarters. The case was adjourned until November 22.