Delhi: Court extends AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody until January 10

A Delhi Court on Monday extended AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody until January 10, 2024 in connection with a money laundering case involving the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

Manish Sisodia and the other accused were also asked to respond to a request made by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for permission to submit more documents in the case, which Special Judge M K Nagpal received.

The accused parties were instructed by the judge to submit their responses to the application by December 10.

In addition, the court ordered the ED to give the accused parties hard copies of the 540 pages of supplementary documents prior to the next hearing on January 10.

The court also postponed the hearing on an ED application requesting a daily hearing on the matter during the proceedings.

The judge stated that the case is presently in the stage of document review and that charges against the accused will be filed after this phase is completed.

“The application shall be taken up at the relevant time,” the judge said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detained Manish Sisodia on February 26 due to his suspected involvement in corruption during the implementatio of the Delhi Excise Policy 2020–21. Since then, the AAP leader has been arrested.

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