Satyendar Jain gets bail after 2 years

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain has been granted bail by a local court in a money laundering case.Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on May 30, 2022. "Considering the delay in trial and long incarceration of 18 months, and the fact that the trail will take a long time to start, let alone conclude, the accused is favourably suited for the relief," special judge Vishal Gogne said, according to news agency PTI. The judge granted the relief on a bail bond Rs 50,000 with two sureties of like amount. The ED case stems from an FIR lodged against Jain by the Central Bureau of Investigation in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) strongly opposed Jain’s bail application. However, the court noted that Jain has already spent a significant amount of time in custody and that the trial is unlikely to commence anytime soon, let alone be concluded in the near future. The AAP leader has been restricted from traveling outside India without prior permission from the court.
Jain is the fourth AAP leader after Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh who has been granted bail in different money laundering cases. AAP leader Manish Sisodia posted on X, "Satyamev Jayate. Long live the Constitution of the country. The dictatorship of the dictator slapped us once again. Satyendra Jain was kept in jail for such a long time by making false and baseless allegations. His house was raided four times." “Nothing was found, yet he was kept in jail by making a false case under PMLA. thanks to the judiciary of the country for supporting truth and justice,” the former Delhi deputy CM added.