'Dismissed': Setback for Sanjay Singh as HC quashes AAP leader's plea challenging arrest

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to interfere with the "malicious" arrest of AAP leader Sanjay Singh by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy of the city government, saying it cannot impute political motive to a "premier" investigating agency in the absence of material on record. It also said Singh's was not a "prima facie case of no evidence at all".

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma dismissed the AAP parliamentarian's petition challenging his arrest as well as remand in ED custody and said the reputation of a premier investigating agency has a direct relation to the reputation of the country being a fair entity.

"This court will not insinuate at this stage or impute any political motive to the investigating agency in the absence of any material on record and does not consider it a prima facie case of no evidence at all," the judge said while pronouncing the verdict.

"At a premature stage when investigation is at a nascent stage, this court does not find any ground to interfere at all with order of remand or arrest. Dismissed," ordered the judge.