On Friday, August 9, 2024, the Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi, India, issued a warrant for the release of Manish Sisodia from Tihar Jail. Sisodia, a prominent member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), had been granted bail by the Supreme Court in connection with the Delhi Excise policy cases brought by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). He had been in custody for approximately 17 months.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja accepted the bail bond and surety bonds of Rs. 10 lakh each from AAP MLA Prahlad Singh Sahni, Roshan Chauhan, Gaurav Singh Raghav, and MCD councillor Punardeep Singh Sahni.
Earlier in the day, the court had granted the CBI an extension until August 14 to paginate the charge sheet. The accused’s counsel would then be allowed to inspect it. The case has been listed for a hearing on August 21 at 12 PM.
Interestingly, while the court had extended the judicial custody of Sisodia, K Kavitha, and other accused until the next date, the Supreme Court granted bail to Sisodia in the Delhi Excise policy cases. The accused were produced through video conferencing.
Sisodia was initially arrested by the CBI on February 26, 2023, and was subsequently arrested by the ED in March 2023. His previous bail applications had been dismissed by the trial court and the Delhi High Court. (ANI)