AAP chief Sanjay Singh, who’s in custody in a cash laundering case associated to the alleged Delhi excise coverage rip-off, on Tuesday advised the Supreme Courtroom that no summons have been issued to him previous to his arrest. Singh’s counsel submitted that he was arrested after the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) witness Dinesh Arora made an announcement towards him in July 2023.
A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was listening to submissions on behalf of Singh on his plea difficult his arrest and remand within the money-laundering case. The bench stated it might proceed listening to the arguments within the matter on April 2.
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I (Singh) am named for the primary time on July 19, 2023 by one Dinesh Arora. Earlier than this date, there have been 9 statements by the identical Dinesh Arora wherein he by no means took my title, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who was representing Singh, stated. Arora was granted pardon by a trial court docket right here and made an approver within the case.
The senior counsel stated no summons have been issued to Singh and the ED officers immediately got here to his home and arrested him. Singh had additionally challenged an order of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom which refused to grant him bail within the cash laundering case.
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The excessive court docket had on February 7 rejected the bail software of Singh, who has been re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Delhi, however directed the trial court docket to expedite the trial as soon as it begins.
Singh was arrested within the case by the ED on October 4 final yr. Earlier than the excessive court docket, Singh had sought bail on the grounds that he has been in custody for over three months and no function has been attributed to him within the predicate offence.
The probe company had within the excessive court docket opposed the bail plea and claimed that Singh was concerned in buying, possessing, concealing, dissipating and utilizing proceeds of the crime generated from the Delhi liquor rip-off pertaining to the coverage interval of 2021-22.
The company had additional claimed that the AAP chief has gained unlawful cash or kickbacks that are proceeds of crime generated from the liquor coverage (2021-22) rip-off and that he has additionally performed a task in conspiracy with others.
The ED’s cash laundering case stems from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR. In response to the CBI and the ED, irregularities have been dedicated whereas modifying the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Coverage 2021-22 and undue favours have been prolonged to licence holders.
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