Excise policy scam
NEW DELHI, May 3: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the CBI to file a status report on a plea by former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, arrested in the Delhi excise policy case, seeking interim bail on grounds of his wife’s illness.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to make an endeavour to file the report by Thursday when the court is scheduled to hear Sisodia’s plea seeking regular bail.
Sisodia’s counsel submitted that the medical condition of the senior AAP leader’s wife needs urgent attention, and urged the court to release him on interim bail.
The counsel for the CBI said it may not be possible to furnish the report on Thursday.
To this, the court asked him to try and make efforts to file the report by Thursday so that the application could be heard along with Sisodia’s regular bail plea.
The CBI had arrested Sisodia for alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 on February 26, following several rounds of questioning. (PTI)
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