BY A STAFF REPORTER: Senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain was granted bail on Friday — more than two years after he was imprisoned in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case. The Rouse Avenue Court cited a “delay in trial” and his “long incarceration” while setting a bail bond ₹50,000 with two sureties of like amount.
Special Judge Vishal Gogne said, “Considering the delay in trial and long incarceration of 18 months, and the fact that trail will take long to start, let alone conclude, accused is favourably suited for the relief.”
Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate at the end of May 2022 on charges of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him. The ED case stems from an FIR lodged against Jain by the Central Bureau of Investigation in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
AAP wrote on X, “Satyamev Jayate. Another conspiracy of BJP failed as Satyendra Jain ji, who brought about health revolution in Delhi by building magnificent Mohalla Clinics, got bail from the court. The real face of BJP has been exposed again now in front of the entire country.”
