AAP Leader Satyendar Jain Gets Bail In Money Laundering Case

Former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain has been granted bail by a Delhi court in a money laundering case.

"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," PTI quoted Special Judge Vishal Gogne as saying.

He has been asked pay Rs 50,000 as a bail bond with two sureties of like amount. 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 Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case, stemming from a 2017 FIR filed by the CBI under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was granted regular bail by a trial court on September 6, 2019, in the CBI-registered case.

In 2022, the trial court took cognisance of the prosecution complaint (charge sheet) filed by the ED against Satyendar Jain, his wife, and eight others, including four companies, in connection with the money laundering case.

"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," the AAP said in a post on X.

Responding to the development, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said "What was his fault?" he asked. The AAP convenor said multiple raids were conducted at Jain's place but not a single penny was recovered.

"His only fault was that he built Mohalla Clinics and made health services free for the people of Delhi. Modi ji put him in jail so that Mohalla Clinics could be stopped, thus preventing free treatment for the poor. But God is with us," he posted on X. "Welcome back Satyendra!" he wrote.