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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hailed the Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to party leader Manish Sisodia as a "triumph of truth" and expressed optimism that other incarcerated party leaders "will also receive justice".

 

The Supreme Court, on Friday, approved bail for AAP leader Manish Sisodia in cases related to corruption and money laundering associated with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. The court noted that Sisodia had been in custody for 17 months.

 

#WATCH | Delhi | Sweets being distributed at the residence of AAP leader Sanjay Singh as Supreme Court grants bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the excise policy irregularities case. pic.twitter.com/aVAxLNnryF

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A panel of justices comprising BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan acknowledged that Sisodia has been in custody for 17 months and emphasised that the trial has not yet commenced, thus depriving him of the right to a speedy trial.

 

In a post on X in Hindi, party MP Raghav Chadha said, "The whole country is happy today as Manish Sisodia, the hero of Delhi education revolution, got bail. I express my gratitude to the Honorable Supreme Court from the bottom of my heart." "Manish ji was kept behind the bars for 530 days. His crime was that he gave a better future to the children of the poor. Dear children, your Manish uncle is coming back," Chadha said.

 

Hailing Sisodia's bail as a "victory of truth", AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, said, "This verdict is a slap on the Centre's dictatorship. He was in jail for 17 months. His life was destroyed in those months. He could have worked for the education of children during that time." "We hope that other leaders of the party, Arvind Kejriwal and Satyendar Jain, will also get bail and justice. I bow down before the Supreme Court for this verdict," he added.

 

This verdict is a big boost for the AAP, he said.

 

Delhi Education Minister Atishi posted "Satyamev Jayate" on X.

 

The former deputy chief minister of Delhi was taken into custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26, 2023, over alleged irregularities in the development and execution of the now-defunct Delhi excise policy 2021-22.

 

On March 9, 2023, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained him in connection with a money laundering case linked to the CBI FIR.

 

He stepped down from the Delhi cabinet on February 28, 2023.

 

Sisodia had requested bail, arguing that he has been in detention for 17 months and the trial against him has yet to commence. Both the ED and the CBI had objected to his bail petitions.