Supreme Court refuses to entertain bail plea of Manish Sisodia

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain the plea filed by Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia against his arrest by CBI, saying he should move the high court first.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was arrested amid high drama on Sunday evening in connection with the alleged corruption in implementing the excise policy for 2021-22.

The bench observed that just because the incident has happened in Delhi, Sisodia cannot come to the apex court directly as he has his remedies before the trial court concerned as well as the Delhi High Court.


"We are not inclined to entertain the petition under Article 32 at this stage," a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha said.

Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for Sisodia, questioned the need of arresting the AAP leader saying policy decisions were taken at different rung and moreover, no money was recovered.

He also said that the Lieutenant Governor was also part of the policy decision in the excise policy.

Singhvi, meanwhile, withdrew the petition.

(With inputs from PTI)