Delhi liquor policy case: Supreme Court grants bail to AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh
Delhi liquor policy case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta and P B Varale ordered the release of Sanjay Singh, who has been in jail for six months. The Enforcement Directorate said it has no objection if the AAP leader Sanjay Singh is given bail in the case.
In its order, the apex court said, “We direct that Sanjay Singh be released on bail on terms and conditions fixed by the trial court. We clarify that the concession given today will not be treated as a precedence. He will be allowed to continue with his political activities.
The top court was hearing Singh's plea challenging his arrest and remand in the money laundering case. The bench told Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the ED, that no money had been recovered from the possession of Singh and the allegation of him receiving a ₹2 crore bribe could be tested in the trial. The additional solicitor general had responded saying he would respond to the submissions of Singh against his arrest and remand in the post-lunch session.
Singh was arrested in the case by the ED on October 4 last year. Before the high court, Singh had sought bail citing he has been in custody for over three months and no role has been attributed to him in the predicate offence. The probe agency in the high court had opposed the bail plea and claimed that Singh was involved in acquiring, possessing, concealing, dissipating and using proceeds of the crime generated from the Delhi liquor scam pertaining to the policy period of 2021-22.
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