New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh challenging his arrest in the Delhi excise scam case to March 5.
A double bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta after hearing Singh's plea against a Delhi High Court order, refused to set aside his arrest and issued notice to the investigating agency.
Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and has been in custody since October. He was arrested by the ED on charges of money laundering over alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of a now-scrapped liquor policy in Delhi.
The SC bench had earlier advised Singh to apply for regular bail. The court pointed out that a bail application...