Satyendar Jain, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister who is currently imprisoned, appealed a Delhi High Court decision from December 1 that asked the Enforcement Directorate to respond to his bail request in connection with a money laundering investigation.
On December 12th, the Supreme Court will hear his case. The matter will be heard by a bench consisting of Justices Ravindra Bhat and MR Shah. Jain has asked for instructions so that his bail application can be heard quickly.
By order dated December 1, the Delhi High Court had given the ED three weeks to respond to Jain’s petition contesting the trial court’s decision to deny his bail request.
The detained AAP minister had previously gone to the Delhi High Court to appeal a trial court’s decision to refuse him bail in a case of money laundering brought by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
If granted the relief in the case of ED’s ECIR (the equivalent of a FIR) registered on September 30, 2017, pursuant to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, he had claimed he is not in a position to sway witnesses or tamper with evidence and is not a flight risk (PMLA).
Based on a CBI FIR filed against Jain in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the ED has already detained the suspect in the money laundering case.
Jain is accused of using four companies that are purportedly connected to him to launder money.