Supreme Court extends interim bail of Satyendar Jain till next date

The Supreme Court on Monday extended interim bail granted to Aam Aadmi Party AAP leader Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case till the next date of hearingThe matter was deferred when Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi apprised the court that the matter was partly heard by a twojudge bench of justices AS Bopanna and Bela M TrivediThe matter was listed before the bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma on MondaySenior Advocate Singhvi appearing for Jain urged the court to adjourn the matter due to Justice AS Bopannas absenceHowever Justice Trivedi said that the interim order cannot continue for that long and they have to see these aspectsHowever Senior Advocate Singhvi said that the interim order cannot be touched as the bench which was hearing the matter did not assemble He urged the court to keep the matter in January as he was told that other judges will sit next monthThe court adjourned the matter and extended the interim relief granted to Jain till the next date of hearingJain has undergone surgery on July 21 The interim bail given to Jain on medical grounds is extended from time to timeOn May 26 the top court granted interim bail to Satyendar Jain for six weeks in the money laundering case but imposed various conditions including neither to talk with the media nor to leave Delhi without permissionThe top court had also given Jain to choose any hospital of his choice for his medical treatment The top court had made it clear that interim bail is considered in medical conditionsSatyendar Jain has moved the top court seeking bail in money laundering cases He has challenged the Delhi High Court order dismissing his bail plea in the money laundering case against himSatyendar Jains lawyer had told the top court that he had lost 35 kg and turned into a skeleton due to thisFormer Delhi minister Satyendra Jain has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his bail plea in the money laundering case against himOn April 6 the Delhi High Court dismissed the bail plea of Satyendar Jain The HC while dismissing the Satyendar Jain bail plea stated that the applicant is an influential person and has the potential of tampering with evidence Satyender Jainapplicant at this stage cant be held to clear the twin conditions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLAThe HC had kept the order reserved on March 21 after the conclusion of the submissions made by the defence and prosecution sides after multiple hearings During arguments in the High Court Additional Solicitor General ASG SV Raju appeared for the Enforcement Directorate contented that money laundering is crystal clear against Jain and other coaccusedIn his bail plea Jain stated I appeared before ED on 7 occasions I have cooperated and participated in the investigation I was arrested 5 years down the line in 2022On November 17 2022 the trial court dismissed the bail petition of Satyendar Jain He was arrested on May 30 2022 under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA by the Enforcement Directorate and is presently in Judicial Custody in the caseThe ED case is based on a Central Bureau of Investigation CBI complaint registered on the allegation that Satyendar Jain had acquired movable properties in the name of various persons from February 14 2015 to May 31 2017 which he could not satisfactorily account forThis 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