NEW DELHI: Former deputy chief minister
Manish Sisodia
approached the
Delhi High Court
on Thursday to seek
bail
in the corruption and
money laundering
cases filed by the
CBI
and the
ED
regarding the alleged
excise policy scam
.
The plea was brought before a bench consisting of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora for an urgent hearing, and the court agreed to schedule it for Friday.
"Let the judge go through the file so let it come tomorrow," the bench said.
Advocates Rajat Bhardwaj and Mohd Irshad, who are representing Sisodia, stated that the petitioner is an MLA and requested the court to schedule both the pleas seeking bail for an urgent hearing.
Sisodia has taken his case to the high court to challenge a decision made by a trial court on April 30, which resulted in the dismissal of his bail requests in two cases.
The trial court has rejected Sisodia's requests for bail in cases of corruption and money laundering filed by both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) related to suspected irregularities in the development and implementation of the excise policy for 2021-22.
The special judge denied the relief, stating that it was not the right stage to grant bail to Sisodia.
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