AAP leader Satyendar Jain gets bail after two years in Delhi excise policy case

Senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain was granted bail on Friday — more than two years after he was imprisoned in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case. The Rouse Avenue Court cited a “delay in trial” and his “long incarceration” while setting a bail bond ₹50,000 with two sureties of like amount.
“Considering the delay in trial and long incarceration of 18 months, and the fact that trail will take long to start, let alone conclude, accused is favourably suited for the relief,” said Special Judge Vishal Gogne.
Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate at the end of May 2022 on charges of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him. 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 development comes exactly a month after AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court in connection with the same case. The upcoming release of Jain has drawn an exultant response from the party, with many insisting that “another conspiracy” by the BJP had now failed.
“Satyamev Jayate. Another conspiracy of BJP failed as Satyendra Jain ji, who brought about health revolution in Delhi by building magnificent Mohalla Clinics, got bail from the court. The real face of BJP has been exposed again now in front of the entire country,” AAP wrote on X.
“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!” Kejriwal said.
“It makes me happy that our party’s senior leader Satyendar Jain has been granted bail…PM Modi and BJP should apologise to the people of Delhi because Satyendar Jain was sent to jail, the development work at Delhi hospitals and mohalla clinics had been stalled. BJP sent me, Satyendar Jain and Arvind Kejriwal to jail, but they couldn’t find a single penny from our place. They levelled false allegations against us and their ED jailed us based on those allegations,” added fellow party leader Manish Sisodia. 
Both Kejriwal and Sisodia had been incarcerated alongside Jain as the ED and CBI probed the Delhi excise policy ‘scam’ case.
(With inputs from agencies)