Supreme Court grants interim bail to AAP chief Satyendar Jain
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On Friday (May 26), the Supreme Court of India granted interim bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Satyendar Jain for a interval of 6 weeks.
As per research, the apex courtroom docket turned down the plea of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to first let a panel of docs from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have a look at the AAP chief.
Satyendar Jain, who has been arrested in connection to a money laundering case filed by ED, has now been granted bail till July 11, 2023. He has been directed to not talk to the media via the 6-week interim bail interval. The case is adjourned for listening to till July 10 this yr.
The AAP chief has been in Tihar Jail since May 2022. After his bail petition was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on April 6, 2023, he approached the Supreme Court.
Bail to AAP chief Satyendar Jain till July 11. The courtroom docket will hear the case subsequent on July 10 when Jain’s lastest medical research is perhaps there. #SupremeCourt restrains Jain from chatting with the media via the interval of interim bail.
— Utkarsh Anand (@utkarsh_aanand) May 26, 2023
On April 6 this yr, the Delhi High Court made scathing observations about Satyendar Jain whereas dismissing his bail software program. A single Judge Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma mentioned that there was ample proof to suggest that the AAP chief maintained indirect administration throughout the alleged money laundering operation.
It should be talked about that the Enforcement Directorate had earlier connected properties worth ₹4.81 crores, belonging to five corporations – Akinchan Developers, Indo Metal Impex, Mangalayatan Projects, Paryas Infosolutions, and J.J. Ideal Estate Pvt Ltd.
The courtroom docket rejected the defence of Satyendar Jain that he did not have bodily possession of the connected properties. It moreover well-known that the actual courtroom docket beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) took cognisance of the utilization of Kolkata-based hawala operators by Satyendar Jain and his accomplice.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma took phrase of the explicit treatment provided to Satyendar Jain in Tihar Jail. “The special treatment extended by the prison authorities to Satyender Kumar Jain shows that the ED’s apprehension throughout was correct that being a former Minister of Prisons and Health he is receiving favourable treatment from the prison officials including the prison doctors,” he acknowledged.
