Last Update: 01 October 2022, 12:48 IST
The ED had arrested Satyendar Jain on May 30 under criminal sections of the PMLA. (Image: ANI)
The trial court had transferred Jain’s case following an application by the ED, which said there was a “case of possible bias” in favor of the Delhi minister.
In a major setback to Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, the Delhi High Court on Saturday dismissed his appeal challenging the trial court’s order to transfer the money laundering case against him to another court.
The HC said there was no illegality in the order passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge and all the facts were duly considered while transferring the case, which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
“The question is not of the honesty or integrity of the judge, but of an apprehension in the mind of one of the parties,” the court said. The court, in its order, said, “The petition is dismissed therefore keeping in view that the ED’s apprehension about Jain’s influence is not of late.
Jain had last month challenged the September 23 order of Principal District and Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Gupta in the high court, which transferred the money laundering case from Special Judge Geetanjali Goel to Special Judge Vikas Dhul, on his bail plea. were hearing. The order of the District Judge was passed on an application for transfer made by the investigating agency.
The agency, in its transfer application before the district judge, had argued that there was no complaint against the judge hearing the case, it was a “case of potential bias” in favor of the Delhi minister and there was an apprehension that this might happen. Is. There should be no free and fair trial. The AAP leader argued before the high court that the ED cannot be allowed to beat up a judge and transfer the case without any grounds, citing “bias”.
The ED had arrested Jain and two others in a money laundering case in 2017 based on a Central Bureau of Investigation FIR registered against the AAP leader under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Jain is accused of money laundering through four companies linked to him.
(with PTI inputs)
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