Sisodia moves plea in Delhi HC challenging trial court’s order denying him bail in money laundering case

Former Delhi deputy leader minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday moved a plea withinside the Delhi excessive courtroom docket hard the trial courtroom docket`s order denying him bail withinside the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case associated with alleged irregularities withinside the framing and implementation of the excise coverage of the Union Territory government. The bench headed with the aid of using Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma will listen the problem on Thursday.

This comes after Sisodia’s bail plea changed into brushed off final week and prolonged his judicial custody until April 17.

Sisodia changed into arrested on March nine with the aid of using the principal corporation following numerous rounds of questioning.

On March 31, an ordeal courtroom docket in Delhi stated they are “now no longer willing to launch him on bail at this level of research of the case as his launch may also adversely have an effect on the continued research and also will significantly impede the progress.” It introduced that the allegations in opposition to Sisodia are “critical in nature” and that he performed the “maximum essential and important function withinside the crook conspiracy”.

Earlier withinside the day, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court additionally prolonged the judicial custody of Manish Sisodia withinside the cash laundering case until April 17.

Sisodia’s attorney Vivek Jain argued that there was no Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case in opposition to the previous deputy CM. “Section forty five of PMLA might come in opposition to him simplest if an offence below Section three is made out”, he argued.