Delhi court extends Sisodia’s judicial custody, hearing on bail plea on April 12

New Delhi (IANS) | A Delhi court on Wednesday extended till April 17 the judicial custody of AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and will hear his bail plea on April 12. Advocate Vivek Jain, appearing for Sisodia, submitted that no offense under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was made out against him (Sisodia). After hearing the arguments of Sisodia’s counsel, Special CBI Judge M.K. Nagpal listed his bail for April 12.

Representing the ED, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Zoheb Hussain sought time to make his arguments as he is collecting some fresh evidence related to the hawala operators. Hussain said, there are some important evidences, which are still being ascertained.

On March 21, Sisodia had filed a bail application in the ED case. After the CBI arrested the AAP leader on February 26, the ED also arrested him on March 9 in the same case. The probe agency had earlier claimed that within a year, 14 phones have been destroyed and replaced and Sisodia has been evasive since the beginning.

–IANS