Delhi Excise Policy Case: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia's plea against his arrest by CBI and suggested him to move High Court.
A petition was mentioned before the Supreme Court by Abhishek Manu Singhvi. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the submissions of senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for Sisodia who is presently in CBI’s custody, and agreed to hear the plea today itself at 3.50 PM. The top court initially observed that the jailed AAP leader has remedies under Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to move the Delhi High Court for bail and seek the quashing of the FIR.
Sisodia sent to 5-day CBI custody
Earlier, the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Monday sent Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to a 5-day Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till March 4, a day after he was arrested in the Delhi liquor policy case after hours of questioning by the central probing agency. In its chargesheet filed last year, the CBI had mentioned Manish Sisodia as accused number one in the alleged corruption in Delhi's now scrapped new excise policy. Sisodia will be produced in the Delhi court again on March 4 at 2 pm.
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