Aam Aadmi Party leader Jaswant Singh on Tuesday withdrew his plea before the Supreme Court challenging his arrest and remand by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case [Jaswant Singh vs Union of India and anr]. .A Bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma allowed the same with liberty to move the Punjab & Haryana High Court for bail..The Supreme Court had in May declined to grant interim bail to the Punjab legislator and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader without first hearing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central government..Singh has been behind bars for over six months in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the ED.The Punjab and Haryana High Court had on May 24 refused to quash his arrest and remand, leading to the instant appeal before the Supreme Court.Singh, who is a representative from the Amargarh assembly constituency in Malerkotla, is accused of defrauding banks of ₹40 crore by misappropriating loans extended to his company.He alleged that the manner in which he was arrested violated Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhri and Advocate Nikhil Jain appeared for Singh before the apex court today..Singh's is the fourth such instance in recent past when a bail matter before Justice Bela Trivedi has been withdrawn by the accused.Professor Hany Babu, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, withdrew his bail plea citing change in circumstances.Prior to that, Umar Khalid, an accused in the Delhi riots case, too had withdrawn his bail plea after citing the same ground.Salim Malik, another accused in the Delhi riots case, had also withdrawn his bail plea.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Jaswant Singh on Tuesday withdrew his plea before the Supreme Court challenging his arrest and remand by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case [Jaswant Singh vs Union of India and anr]. .A Bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma allowed the same with liberty to move the Punjab & Haryana High Court for bail..The Supreme Court had in May declined to grant interim bail to the Punjab legislator and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader without first hearing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central government..Singh has been behind bars for over six months in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the ED.The Punjab and Haryana High Court had on May 24 refused to quash his arrest and remand, leading to the instant appeal before the Supreme Court.Singh, who is a representative from the Amargarh assembly constituency in Malerkotla, is accused of defrauding banks of ₹40 crore by misappropriating loans extended to his company.He alleged that the manner in which he was arrested violated Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhri and Advocate Nikhil Jain appeared for Singh before the apex court today..Singh's is the fourth such instance in recent past when a bail matter before Justice Bela Trivedi has been withdrawn by the accused.Professor Hany Babu, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, withdrew his bail plea citing change in circumstances.Prior to that, Umar Khalid, an accused in the Delhi riots case, too had withdrawn his bail plea after citing the same ground.Salim Malik, another accused in the Delhi riots case, had also withdrawn his bail plea.