Court directs authorities to take Sanjay Singh to collect election certificate

The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday directed the jail authorities to take Sanjay Singh to the office of the Returning Officer RO to collect the certificate of election on January 12 under appropriate security Singh filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections earlier on January 8AAP MP Sanjay Singh and former Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia were produced before the court from judicial custodyThe Rouse Avenue court granted interim bail to Sarvesh Mishra until the disposal of his regular bail application He has been chargesheeted along with Sanjay Singh in the Delhi Excise Policy money laundering caseMeanwhile the court extended the judicial custody of Aam Aadmi Party AAP MP Sanjay Singh and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia until the next date January 20 A special judge MK Nagpal granted interim bail to Sarvesh Mishra on the furnishing of a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety in the same amountThe court also granted time to the Investigating Officer IO to file a reply on the bail application of Sarvesh Mishra Mishra was summoned and directed to appear before the court However he could not appear due to the hospitalisation of his father who is suffering from cancer The court allowed his application seeking an exemption for today only He was chargesheeted without arrestThe court also directed the jail authorities to decide Sanjay Singhs application sympathetically seeking a direction to provide him with a table and chair and allow him to carry some books in judicial custodyThe court has also directed the Enforcement Directorate ED to file a fresh list of unrelied documents related to the case AAP MP Sanjay Singh and Sarvesh Mishra have been arrested and chargesheeted in the Delhi Excise policy money laundering caseThe court on December 19 took cognizance of the supplementary prosecution complaint charge sheet filed against AAP MP Sanjay Singh and his associate Sarvesh MishraOn December 2 the Enforcement Directorate ED filed a supplementary prosecution complaint charge sheet against Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh and his alleged associate Sarvesh Mishra in a money laundering case related to the excise policy caseAAP senior leader Sanjay Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 4 According to the Enforcement Directorate its a fifth supplementary chargesheet in the case This case is presently at the stage of scrutiny of documentsED earlier told the court that Sanjay Singh was part of the conspiracy to collect kickbacks from liquor groups in the Delhi excise policy 202122Sanjay Singh allegedly had close relations with now approver Dinesh Arora who allegedly introduced accused Amit Arora to Sanjay Singh Dinesh Arora was in regular touch with Sanjay Singh This has been proven by an analysis of call detail records Singh allegedly received proceeds of crime of Rs 2 crore stated the EDED earlier claimed that Singh and his associates played a part in the Delhi governments decision to give licences to alcohol shops and merchants in 2020 causing losses to the state exchequer and violating anticorruption lawsED had previously searched several locations including the homes and offices of Sanjay Singhs close associate Ajit Tyagi and other contractors and businessmen who allegedly benefited from the policy In its nearly 270page supplementary charge sheet the ED has called Sisodia a key conspirator in the caseThe Delhi liquor scam case or the excise policy case pertains to allegations that the Arvind Kejriwalled Delhi governments excise policy for 202122 allowed cartelization and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it a charge that has been strongly refuted by the AAPED filed its first chargesheet in the case last year The agency said it has so far undertaken over 200 search operations in this case after filing an FIR after taking cognizance of a CBI case that was registered on the recommendation of the Delhi lieutenant governorThe CBI inquiry was recommended based on the findings of the Delhi chief secretarys report filed in July showing prima facie violations of the GNCTD Act 1991 Transaction of Business Rules ToBR 1993 Delhi Excise Act 2009 and Delhi Excise Rules 2010This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever