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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking a direction that AAP leader Satyendar Jain, facing prosecution in a money laundering case, be medically examined at any other hospital like AIIMS instead of Delhi government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital.

The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma said that since the matter was now pending before the Supreme Court, nothing remained to be adjudicated in the high court. Accordingly, the court dismissed the plea.

Jain is currently out on interim bail till July 24 in pursuance of the order of the apex court. 

On May 18, a division bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli of the Supreme Court issued notice in Jain's plea after being told by Senior Advocate Singhvi, that Jain is facing extreme health problems.

Last month, Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma of the Delhi High Court “dismissed” the bail pleas filed by Jain and two co-accused Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain.

While denying bail to Jain, the court had said that the broad probability indicated that four concerned companies were "controlled and operated by Satyendar Kumar Jain".

The constantly changing shareholding patterns of the company 'clearly indicate' that he was indirectly controlling the companies, court had observed. Furthermore, the court had stated that taking in the totality the facts, the petitioners at this stage could not be held to have cleared the "Twin Conditions" of PMLA or the "Tripod Test".

Notably, the single-judge bench on March 21 had ‘reserved orders’ in the instant bail pleas.

Special Judge Vikas Dhull of the Rouse Avenue Court on November 17, denied bail to Jain in the money laundering case.

The bail application filed by Satyendar Jain pertained to his arrest in a Money Laundering case in which he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 31, 2022.

In April, ED attached assets worth Rs. 4.81 crores linked to Jain and his family. ED initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Jain and others under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.

It is alleged that when Jain was a public servant, companies owned and controlled by him received up to Rs. 4.81 crores from shell companies through the Hawala network.

Case Title: Directorate of Enforcement v. Satyendar Kumar Jain