Delhi excise policy case: Supreme Court grants bail to AAP leader Sanjay Singh

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party AAP leader Sanjay Singh in money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy case the PTI reportedThe Enforcement Directorate had earlier told the Supreme Court that it had no objection if Sanjay Singh was granted bail in caseMeanwhile the Supreme Court on Tuesday had earlier asked the Enforcement Directorate ED whether it needs further custody of Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh arrested in the Delhi excise policy scam case according to the PTIA bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice P B Varale told Additional Solicitor General S V Raju appearing for the ED to take instructions and apprise it in postlunch session of the court on whether further custody of Singh was required and remarked that he has spent six months in jail as per the PTIThe Supreme Court was hearing Sanjay Singhs plea challenging his arrest and remand in the money laundering case the news agency reported on TuesdayThe bench told Raju that no money had been recovered from the possession of Singh and the allegation of him receiving a Rs 2 crore bribe could be tested in the trial The additional solicitor general said he would respond to the submissions of Singh against his arrest and remand in the postlunch sessionSingh was arrested in the case by the ED on October 4 last year the PTI reportedBefore the high court Singh had sought bail on the grounds that he has been in custody for over three months and no role has been attributed to him in the predicate offenceThe 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 202122The agency had further claimed that the AAP leader has gained illegal money or kickbacks which are proceeds of crime generated from the liquor policy scam and that he has also played a role in conspiracy with othersThe EDs money laundering case stems from the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI FIR According to the CBI and the ED irregularities were committed while modifying the nowscrapped Delhi Excise Policy 202122 and undue favours were extended to licence holderswith PTI inputs