SC grants bail to AAP's Sanjay Singh

The apex court specified that Sanjay Singh should be released on bail during the pendency of proceedings”

- ASHISH SINHA ABHINANDAN MISHRA

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Sanjay Singh, a prominent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader lodged in Tihar jail in the Delhi excise policy case. This decision came after the Enforcement Directorate expressed no objection to his bail.

The apex court specified that Sanjay Singh should be released on bail "during the pendency of proceedings," with terms and conditions to be determined by the trial court, citing the ED's stance.

A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta, and PB Varale emphasised that this concession should not serve as precedent. Additionally, the court affirmed Sanjay Singh's entitlement to continue his political activities.

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Sanjay Singh became the first high profile accused in the Delhi excise case to receive a bail from the Supreme Court on Tuesday after spending more than six months in prison.

Singh, who was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on 4 October 2023, received the bail from the three bench judge of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta and Prassana B Varale after the ED said that it had no objection to the grant of bail.