New Delhi, May 11 (). The Delhi High Court will on Thursday hear the arguments of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the interim bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the 2021-22 Excise Policy matter.
The CBI on Wednesday opposed the bail plea arguing that the AAP leader is in power and has political clout.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V.Raju, appearing for the probe agency, said that Sisodia controlled various departments including Excise and deliberately destroyed evidence and a mobile phone on the day the case was referred to the CBI by the Lieutenant Governor. was destroyed.
Before a bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, the CBI also referred to a missing file relating to the policy documents and said it might have gone missing as it contained some comments which were not of interest.
Sisodia had moved the high court on April 3 seeking interim bail in the case on the ground of his wife’s illness.
A Delhi court on Monday extended Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 23 in another case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Sisodia was arrested by the ED on March 9 and the CBI on February 26.
In the case being probed by the CBI, a Delhi court had extended Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 12.
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