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  • Court extends Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 1

    Court extends Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 1

    New Delhi (IANS) | A Delhi court on Tuesday extended till June 1 the judicial custody of jailed AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case. The matter is being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The court has also ordered the jail authorities to consider his request to provide him a chair and table for the purpose of study. A copy of the detailed order is awaited.

    According to media reports, the same court had on May 12 extended Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 2, the matter being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

    Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26 this year, followed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 9.

    The ED has alleged that Sisodia was the mastermind behind the entire excise policy case and had deliberately leaked the policy along with co-accused to collect bribe.

    Last month, special judge MK Nagpal had denied bail to the AAP leader, saying prima facie evidence points to his involvement in the crime.

    –IANS

  • Kejriwal targets Delhi Police over ‘misbehaviour’ with Sisodia

    Kejriwal targets Delhi Police over ‘misbehaviour’ with Sisodia

    New Delhi (IANS) | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday criticized the Delhi Police for ‘misbehaving’ with Manish Sisodia at Rouse Avenue Court. Retweeting a video posted by AAP minister Atishi, Kejriwal asked, does the police have the right to misbehave with Manish ji like this? Has the police been asked from above to do this?

    In her tweet, Atishi had said, the misbehavior with Manish ji by this policeman at Rouse Avenue Court is shocking. Delhi Police should suspend him immediately.

    In response, the Delhi Police rejected the allegation, claiming that it was propaganda.

    Delhi Police tweeted in Hindi, Allegations of police misbehavior with Manish Sisodia during his production at Rouse Avenue Court are propaganda. The police response, as seen in the video, was necessary for security reasons. Making statements to the media while in judicial custody is prohibited by law.

    Earlier, the Rouse Avenue Court extended Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 1 in the Delhi Excise Policy case being probed by the ED.

    Jail authorities have been asked to consider his request to provide chair and table to Sisodia for studying.

    –IANS

  • Excise case: Delhi court reserves order on CBI’s supplementary charge sheet against Sisodia

    Excise case: Delhi court reserves order on CBI’s supplementary charge sheet against Sisodia

    New Delhi (IANS) | A Delhi court on Friday reserved its order on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) supplementary charge sheet against former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and three others in the excise policy case. Besides Sisodia, the charge sheet also names Arjun Pandey, Buchi Babu Gorantla and Amandeep Dhal.

    Special Judge M.K. Nagpal listed it for pronouncement of order on May 27.

    More details are awaited.

    The CBI, in its supplementary charge sheet, has alleged that Sisodia had procured some emails of his own accord through Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) chairman Zakir Khan to manipulate the process of seeking comments/suggestions regarding the liquor policy.

    The probe agency has claimed that Sisodia was not happy with the recommendations of the expert committee report submitted by former Excise Commissioner Ravi Dhawan on October 13, 2020 and has asked new Excise Commissioner Rahul Singh to initiate the Excise Department to invite comments from the general public and stakeholders. Instructed to put the report on the portal.

    The CBI has alleged that Sisodia destroyed the draft cabinet note prepared by the Excise Department which was placed before the Council of Ministers in its meeting held on January 28, 2021.

    In the draft cabinet note, former Chief Justices of India Ranjan Gogoi and K.G. Besides Balakrishnan, legal opinion of former Attorney General and senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi and others was also incorporated.

    –IANS

  • Excise Case: Delhi Court extends Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 2

    Excise Case: Delhi Court extends Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 2

    NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday extended former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 2 in the CBI case on excise policy.

    Consideration of the charge sheet pending before the court.

    Sisodia was arrested by CBI and ED in an ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

    According to the CBI, Sisodia had played the most important and vital role in the criminal conspiracy and had been deeply involved in the formulation and implementation of the said policy to ensure the achievement of the objectives of the said conspiracy.

  • Excise policy scam: Sisodia denied bail in ED case

    Excise policy scam: Sisodia denied bail in ED case

    NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday denied bail to AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the Delhi excise policy case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

    Special judge, Rouse Avenue Courts, M.K. Nagpal pronounced the order after having reserved it on April 18. The court had, a day before, extended Sisodia’s judicial custody by two weeks in the case.

    On Thursday, the same court extended Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 12, in the case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

    The ED had submitted before the judge that Sisodia had planted fabricated emails to show that there was public approval for the policy.The directions to send these pre-drafted emails were given to Zakir Khan, Chairman of Delhi Minorities’ Commission, who then asked his interns to send the emails, the ED claimed.

    The probe agency had also said that the 60 days given to complete the investigation against Sisodia are not over yet. It said that it has found fresh evidence indicating Sisodia’s involvement in the alleged scam, and the investigation is at a crucial stage.

  • Sisodia told Delhi High Court, CBI’s figures are just paper

    Sisodia told Delhi High Court, CBI’s figures are just paper

    New Delhi (IANS) | Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not have any evidence to show his involvement in the alleged Delhi Excise Policy case, and he was being targeted so that he could be jailed. Can be kept CBI Judge M.K. Nagpal (Rouse Avenue Court) had on April 5 rejected Sisodia’s bail plea.

    Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, appearing for the AAP leader, told a division bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma that barring Sisodia, all other accused in the CBI case have been released on bail.

    He also said that the probe agency has no evidence to show that the AAP leader tampered with the evidence.

    Krishnan argued on behalf of Sisodia, he says I do not cooperate. This can never be a ground for denying me bail. I don’t need to cooperate, confess or answer questions the way they want me to. The Constitution allows me to answer the way I want.

    Senior advocate Mohit Mathur, another counsel for Sisodia, said the CBI figures are only on paper and no evidence of money transaction has been found.

    Mathur argued on behalf of Sisodia, he has made me the main mastermind of this alleged conspiracy through Vijay Nair. But Vijay Nair was arrested in September 2022 and released in November even before the charge sheet was filed. I was called for questioning for the second time in February 2023. Therefore, all these allegations about me that I am capable of influencing witnesses are completely false.

    The High Court, after hearing the matter in detail, listed the matter for further hearing on April 26.

    Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju, CBI’s counsel will present his case in the next hearing.

    Justice Sharma also asked the ASG to explain how the excise policy operates and the probe agency may call its investigating officer to explain to him.

    While denying bail to Sisodia, CBI judge Nagpal had said that Sisodia could prima facie be held to be the mastermind behind the criminal conspiracy.

    He had remarked that advance bribe payments of around Rs 90-100 crore were meant for Sisodia and his associates in the AAP government.

    The order said that at this stage of the investigation, the court is not inclined to release Sisodia on bail as his release may adversely affect the ongoing investigation and its progress would also be seriously hampered.

    –IANS