Excise policy case: Judicial custody of Sisodia, Sanjay extended till March 7
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New Delhi: The judicial custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and AAP MP Sanjay Singh in the excise policy case was extended by a Delhi court on Saturday for another five days.
The two were brought before Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court after their previously extended judicial custody expired, and they will now be held in jail till March 7 in connection with the ED investigation. A detailed order is awaited.
On January 17, the court had reserved its decision on whether to entertain Sisodia's regular bail plea in the case considering his pending curative petition before the Supreme Court, following arguments from both the ED and Sisodia's legal counsels.
The ED had, in the previous hearing, said that Sisodia's regular bail application should not be entertained while his curative petition is pending before the top court.
Special counsel Zoheb Hossain had argued that seeking relief simultaneously from two forums is impermissible under legal discipline, urging the trial court to await the disposal of the curative petition.
In response, senior advocate Mohit Mathur, representing Sisodia, had questioned the rationale behind withholding the bail plea until the curative petition's outcome.
He had cited precedents from the coal scam cases where trial proceedings continued despite pending Special Leave Petitions in the Supreme Court.
The court had recently granted three-day interim bail to Sisodia to attend his niece's wedding.
The excise policy case is being probed by both the ED and the CBI.
With inputs from IANS
