Manish Sisodia walks out of Tihar jail after 17 months; says Kejriwal will be out soon too
Manish Sisodia walked out of Tihar Jail on Friday evening, after 17 months of imprisonment. The Supreme Court granted him bail in the CBI as well as the ED cases against him in the now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy case earlier on Friday.
«Bharat mata ji jai! Inquilab Zindabad!» said the former deputy chief minister upon his release. «I got bail from the power of the Constitution...Kejriwal will also come out soon. Our fight is against dictatorship,» he added.
«Ever since this order came in the morning, every inch of my skin has been feeling indebted to Babasaheb. I don't understand how will pay off this debt to Babasaheb,» he further said in his release speech.
AAP leaders and party workers were present at Tihar Jail's Gate number 3 to receive the party leader, amid heightened security on the occasion of Sisodia's release.
Sisodia had sought bail on the ground that he has been in custody for 17 months and the trial against him has not yet started.
Allowing the appeal, Justice Gavai quashed and set aside the Delhi HC order, granting him bail in both ED and CBI cases. Pronouncing the verdict, the apex court imposed some conditions, directing the AAP leader to surrender his passport and not to influence witnesses.
«It is high time that the trial courts and high courts recognise that the principle of bail is a rule and jail is an exception,» the apex court said.
Earlier on Friday, Special Judge Bawaje had extended the judicial custody of both Sisodia and K Kavitha until the next hearing. However, post the SC
