NEW DELHI: A
Delhi court
on Tuesday dismissed the second regular bail plea filed by former deputy chief minister
Manish Sisodia
in the
money laundering
and
corruption cases
pertaining to the now scrapped
liquor policy
of 2021-22.
The court of special judge Kaveri Baweja dismissed the bail pleas in the
CBI
and ED cases stating that the stage was not right for it.
The court had reserved the verdict in the applications on April 20. Sisodia is in
judicial custody
in both the cases.
The ED, while opposing the plea, told the court that the liquid policy was framed in such a way that it would have been an evergreen vehicle for generating illegal gains. It alleged that Sisodia was involved in the destruction of evidence. The ED submitted that Sisodia changed his mobile phone the very day Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena filed a complaint with CBI about the alleged scam.
The CBI, which also opposed the bail plea, told the court that Sisodia was the main architect of the conspiracy. It said the excise policy was for the benefit of the south group.
The agency also told the court that there were intentional tactics on Sisodia’s part to delay the trial.
