India, Aug. 3 -- The Delhi high court on Monday denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Naresh Balyan's plea seeking bail in connection with a Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) case lodged against him with links to UK-based gangster Kapil Sangwan.

"I'm dismissing it. End result is that we are dismissing it," a bench of justice Manoj Jain said in the order.

A detailed copy of the verdict is awaited.

He had approached the high court against the city court's May 27 order, rejecting his second bail application.

On May 27, the trial court had refused to release Balyan on bail concluding that there were no reasonable grounds to rule out his involvement in the case. In its 22 page order, the court also undersc...