Excise Policy Matters: Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to grant him bail on parity basis, claiming that no money trail linking him to the proceeds of the alleged crime has been found so far. Manish Sisodia was earlier arrested by the CBI in the excise policy scam case.
The senior AAP leader’s counsel said Sisodia was not in a position to influence witnesses or tamper with evidence in the case. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, after hearing the arguments of Sisodia’s lawyers, fixed April 26 for the arguments of the CBI’s counsel.
Why is Manish Sisodia behind bars?
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Manish Sisodia on February 26 on charges of alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-cancelled Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. The CBI conducted several rounds of inquiries on this matter. Recently, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was also summoned by the CBI in the same case and was questioned for nearly nine hours.
The trial court had earlier rejected Sisodia’s plea
Earlier on March 31, the lower court had rejected the bail plea of senior AAP leader Sisodia. The court said Manish was “prima facie” the mastermind of the “scam” and had played a “most important and significant role” in the criminal conspiracy relating to the alleged payment of advance bribes of Rs 90-100 crore to him and the Delhi government. His colleague in
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