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Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain walked out of Tihar Jail at 8.10pm on Friday to a raucous welcome by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and supporters after a city court granted him bail in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), holding that there was no likelihood for the trial in the case to commence, let alone be completed.o)..
The court of special judge Vishal Gogne, while ordering Jains release on a personal bond of 50,000, took into consideration the fact that the AAP leader had been incarcerated for a long time..
Jain was arrested in May 2022, and has remained behind bars, except for a period of 10 months between May 26, 2023and March 18, 2024, when he was on medical bail. ..
The courts order came days after the Delhi high court denied bail to Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain accused in the same case on September 30, stressing that the prosecution complaint (charge sheet) filed by ED against the two was complete, as it contained all the necessary ingredients..
ED, represented by Zoheb Hossain, had urged the court to decide Jains bail plea with exclusive reference to the twin conditions under section 45 of PMLA, and not concerning any right associated with prolonged incarceration and the Supreme Courts ruling in former deputy CM Manish Sisodias case..
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