AAP Leader Satyendar Jain Gets Bail After 2 Years

After over two years, former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain was granted bail by a local court in a money laundering case. Mr Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

“Considering the delay in trial and long incarceration of 18 months, and the fact that the trial will take a long time to start, let alone conclude, the accused is favourably suited for the relief,” special judge Vishal Gogne said while granting bail, reported news agency PTI.

The Supreme Court had granted him interim bail in May last year on medical grounds. He returned to Delhi’s Tihar jail after the top Court denied his request for regular bail in March 2024.

The ED case against Mr Jain is based on a first information report (FIR) filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in 2017 over alleged money laundering using companies linked to him.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal took to X and said: “Satyendra Jain also got bail after spending more than two years in jail. What was his fault? Several raids were conducted at his place. Not even a single penny was recovered. His only fault was that he built mohalla clinics and made all treatment free for all the people of Delhi. Modi Ji put him in jail for closing down Mohalla clinics and stopping free treatment for the poor. But God is with us. Today he too has been released. Welcome back Satyendra!”

सत्येंद्र जैन को भी दो साल से ज़्यादा जेल में रहने के बाद बेल मिल गई। इनका कसूर क्या था? इनके यहाँ कई कई बार रेड हुई। एक पैसा भी नहीं मिला।

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— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 18, 2024