Delhi Liquor Scam: Manish Sisodia Went to High Court For Bail

Manish Sisodia | Delhi/Hyderabad, April 20 (Maxim News): AAP leader Manish Sisodia who is involved in the Delhi Liquor Scam has approached the Delhi High Court against the CBI alleging that the CBI is trying to get him jaled in the scam and requested the High Court to grant him bail as there was no evidence of his involvement in the case.

Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan filing the petition on behalf of Manish Sisodia said that all the accused named by the CBI in the case have been granted bail except Manish sisodia. He said that the CBI did not have any evidence to prove that Sisodia tampered with the evidence.

In the bail application filed by Manish Sisodia, the CBI are saying that I am not cooperating, this should not be a reason to deny me bail. I don’t have to cooperate, plead guilty or answer their questions the way they want me to. I have to answer as I want. It is a guarantee given by the state, he said.

Another lawyer of Sisodia, Mohit Mathur, said that the figures given by the CBI were only on paper. He said that no financial transaction took place. The CBI is alleging that Manish Sisodia was the mastermind of this conspiracy and that this conspiracy was hatched by Vijay Nair. It is said that Nair was arrested in September 2022 and released in November without filing a chargesheet. Manish Sisodia was called for questioning for the second time in February 2023. Allegations on Sisodia influencing the witnesses are completely wrong, he said.

The High Court said that the next hearing on the petition will be held on Wednesday. Additional solicitor General SV Raju will hear arguments on behalf of the CBI on that day. The Court asked the petitioner to explain how the excise policy was implemented. It said that the CBI investigating officer may be called to explain this.

The CBI is alleging that there was a loss of Rs. 2,600 crores to the exchequer of the state government due to irregularities in Delhi’s Liquor Policy. Around 11 people have been arrested in this case. The Enforcement Directorate also questioned Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and BRS MLC Kavitha. Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26. After that ED arrested him on March 9. The CBI has accused Aam Aadmi Party leaders Sisodia and others of accepting donations from some businessmen and giving liquor licenses illegally. (Maxim News)

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