New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday released the bail plea of former MLA Naresh Balyan, and the same is to be listed before the special bench hearing cases related to MPs and MLAs.

Earlier, the High Court had converted the bail plea into an appeal under the MCOCA provision.

Naresh Balyan has been arrested in an MCOCA case linked with an organised crime syndicate allegedly run by absconded gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu.

His earlier bail plea was rejected on May 27 by the Rouse Avenue court. Thereafter, he filed a bail plea before the Delhi High Court.

Justice Ravinder Dudeja released the bail plea of former MLA Naresh Balyan. The matter will now be listed before the MP-MLA court on January 21, subject to the order...