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Vijay Nair was arrested by the agency on November 13, 2022 (Image source: PTI)
The apex court, relying on the legal principle cited by the coordination bench that “bail is the rule and imprisonment is the exception”, said pre-trial imprisonment cannot be a punishment.
India’s Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to former AAP communications chief Vijay Nair in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi GST scam, saying freedom is “sacrosanct”.
The apex court, relying on the legal principle cited by the coordination bench that “bail is the rule and imprisonment is the exception”, said pre-trial imprisonment cannot be a punishment.
The bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti noted that Nair has been in jail for 22 months in the money laundering case, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years.
On August 12, the court asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to respond to Nair’s bail plea.
Nair, who was arrested by the agency on November 13, 2022, challenged the trial court’s July 29 order rejecting his default bail plea.
On July 3 last year, the Delhi High Court refused to grant bail to Nair and other co-accused in the money laundering case.
The money laundering case stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR filed after Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena suggested a probe into alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the now-repealed Delhi GST policy for 2021-22.
(This article has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from United News Agency – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf）
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