New Delhi: The Supreme Court extended the interim bail granted to former Delhi minister Satyendar Kumar Jain in a money laundering case till November 6, news agency PTI reported. His petition for regular bail will be taken up for hearing on that day.
“List the matter on 06th November, 2023 at 3 pm before the bench comprising Justice A S Bopanna and Justice Bela M Trivedi. In the meanwhile, the interim bail, granted earlier, is extended till the next date of hearing…,” the top court bench of justices A S Bopanna and Bela M Trivedi said in its order passed on October 10.
The development comes after the Supreme Court bench took note of a plea moved by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the senior AAP leader.
The apex court earlier extended the interim bail of Satyendar Jain till October 9. The court also asked him to not use the pendency of the proceedings as a tactic to delay the trial in the case, PTI reported.
According to the Enforcement Directorate, Jain was seeking repeated adjournments in the trial court citing the pendency of his bail petition before the Supreme Court. The central agency also claimed that the AAP leader has taken as many as 16 dates from the trial court, according to a PTI report.
It is to be noted that the ED had arrested Satyendar Jain on May 30 last year over his alleged connection with money laundering through four companies that were reportedly linked to him. Jain was arrested based on a CBI FIR registered against him in 2017 under Prevention of Corruption Act.
The AAP leader was granted regular bail by the trial court on September 6, 2019, in the case registered by CBI.
Earlier on May 26, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Jain on medical ground. He was granted interim bail for six weeks for spinal surgery. On September 12, the interim bail was extended till September 25.