24 July,2023 12:19 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Satyendar Jain. File Pic
The Supreme Court on Monday extended by five weeks the interim bail of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case probed by the Enforcement Directorate, reported news agency PTI.
A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Bela M Trivedi was informed by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Jain, that he had undergone a spine surgery on July 21 and needs time to recover.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, said he is not opposing extension of interim bail.
He said the probe agency wants its application seeking independent evaluation of Jain by AIIMs or any other hospital to be heard on the next date.
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The bench posted the matter for hearing after five weeks. Supreme Court will hear the matter next on August 21.
On July 10, the top court had extended till July 24 the interim bail granted to Jain on medical grounds.
The top court on May 26 had granted interim bail to Jain for six weeks on medical grounds, saying a citizen has a right to receive treatment of his choice in a private hospital at his own expense.
The ED had arrested Jain on May 30 last year on the charge of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him.
The agency had arrested Jain in the aftermath of a CBI FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
He was granted regular bail by the trial court on September 6, 2019 in the case registered by the CBI.
The leader accused in money laundering case has got interim bail from Supreme Court on May 26 until 11 July on medical grounds turning down the Enforcement Directorate's contention that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader's health status must be examined first by a panel of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital.
Jain was hospitalised after he fell in the bathroom at Delhi's Tihar Jail, as per jail officials.
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Jain on May 30 last year under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED case is based on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) complaint registered on the allegation that Satyender Jain had acquired movable properties in the name of various persons from February 14, 2015, to May 31, 2017, which he could not satisfactorily account for.
Earlier on May 15, Jain moved Supreme Court seeking bail in a money laundering case against him. He has challenged the Delhi High Court's order dismissing his bail plea in the money laundering case against him.
On April 6, the Delhi High Court dismissed the bail plea of Satyendra Jain. The HC while dismissing the Satyendar Jain bail plea stated that the applicant is an influential person and has the potential of tampering with evidence. Satyender Jain/applicant, at this stage, can't be held to clear the twin conditions of the PMLA.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
