Manish Sisodia Released From Jail Hours After Getting Bail From SC In Delhi Excise Policy Case

On Friday, the Supreme Court granted bail to Manish Sisodia, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, in connection with the Delhi excise police case.

Delhi Excise Police Case: Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia was released from the Tihar jail hours after getting bail from the Supreme Court in the Delhi Excise Policy case. Earlier today, the Supreme Court granted bail to Manish Sisodia, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, in connection with the Delhi excise police case. Later, the Rouse Avenue court on Friday issued a warrant for the release of Manish Sisodia from Tihar Jail. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court in Delhi Excise policy CBI and ED cases.
He has been granted regular bail after a period of around 17 months. Special judge Kaveri Baweja accepted the bail bond and surety bonds in both cases.

SC directs that Manish Sisodia be released on bail on personal bond of Rs 10 lakh with two sureties of like amount. SC states that Manish Sisodia is in custody for 17 months and trial has not yet commenced; this deprives his right to speedy trial. It would be travesty of justice to relegate Manish Sisodia to trial court for seeking bail, says SC. The apex court further stated that it is a high time trial courts, High Courts recognise principle of bail is rule and jail is exception. 

A bench of justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said Sisodia has been in custody for 17 months and trial has not yet commenced, depriving him of the right to speedy trial.

The bench said it would be a travesty of justice to relegate him to the trial court for seeking bail in these cases.

AAP MLA Prahlad Singh Sahni, Roshan Chauhan, Gaurav Singh Raghav, MCD councillor Punardeep Singh Sahni furnished the surety for Manish Sisodia of Rs. 10 lakh each.
During the day, the court had granted the CBI time to paginate the charge sheet by August 14. Thereafter, the inspection by the counsel for the accused will be done.

In the morning Special Judge Kaveri Baweja had extended the judicial custody of Manish Sisodia, K Kavitha and other accused till next date. Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26. Thereafter, he was arrested by the ED in March 2023.