New Delhi: A court docket right here on Thursday prolonged until May 12 the judicial custody of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in a corruption case associated to the alleged excise rip-off. Special Judge M Ok Nagpal additionally directed the CBI to provide an e-copy of the supplementary cost sheet, filed by the company on April 25, to Sisodia. During the listening to, Sisodia’s counsel urged the court docket to grant statutory/default bail to the AAP chief, claiming that the probe company had filed an incomplete investigation within the case. The argument was made by advocate Rishikesh after the company submitted that the investigation into the case was nonetheless happening.
“Prima facie it seems the agency is saying that further investigation regarding me is required/pending. Therefore, we reserve the right to file an application for statutory bail,” the counsel stated.
The court docket then requested the company why it had not talked about that the probe relating to Sisodia was full. Sisodia was produced earlier than the court docket throughout the proceedings.
“You say you have filed a supplementary chargesheet (in the stipulated time), but you have said the investigation is pending in the case. Why have you not mentioned that the chargesheet is filed on completion of the investigation against Sisodia,” the court docket requested.
The court docket additional famous the submission made by defence counsel, who claimed {that a} copy of the chargesheet was required by Sisodia to see whether or not the investigation qua him was full.
The decide directed the CBI at hand over an e-copy of the chargesheet to Sisodia, although noting that it was not the stage to provide a duplicate of the chargesheet.
The court docket had on March 31 dismissed Sisodia’s bail utility within the case, saying he was “prima facie the architect” within the prison conspiracy behind the alleged cost of advance kickbacks of round Rs 90-100 crore meant for him and his colleagues within the Delhi authorities.
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The court docket had noticed that the discharge of Sisodia, for the time being, will “adversely affect the ongoing investigation”.
The CBI had arrested Sisodia for alleged corruption within the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
