Ex-Minister Satyendar Jain's Bail Rejected

In a money laundering case…

On Monday, 18 March 2024, the Supreme Court rejected the regular bail plea of AAP leader Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case.

A bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal asked Jain, who is out on interim bail, to surrender.

The top court rejected a request by Jain's counsel to allow him to surrender in a week.

On January 17, the top court had reserved its verdict on his regular bail plea.

The court granted interim bail to Mr. Jain on May 26, 2023, on medical grounds and it has been extended from time to time.

Mr. Jain has moved the top court challenging the April 6, 2023 order of the Delhi HC dismissing his regular bail application in the case.

The ED had arrested the AAP leader on May 30, 2022, on the charge of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him.

Mr. Jain was arrested on a CBI FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Mr. Jain has denied these allegations, and was granted regular bail by the trial court on September 6, 2019, in the case registered by the CBI.