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The Delhi High Court on Friday has directed that businessman Amandeep Singh Dhall, lodged in jail in cases related to the Delhi excise policy scam, be taken to the AIIMS on Saturday i.e. August 26 for medical examination and treatment.

The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma was hearing Dhall's plea seeking interim bail for two weeks on medical grounds.

The court issued notice to the CBI and the ED and sought their respective responses on Dhall's interim bail plea.

Dhall, a director of Brindco Sales was arrested by the CBI and the ED in separate cases linked to the liquor policy.

Notably, the trial court recently refused to grant bail to Dhall in both CBI and ED cases related to the excise policy scam. Dhall had moved the High Court challenging the trial court order in a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy scam and the same is under consideration before the same bench. 

Special Judge MK Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Court had stated that prima facie evidence led the court to form an opinion that the allegations made by the prosecution against the applicant were serious in nature and he was not entitled to be released on bail even in the scheduled offence case of CBI.

Dhall was the executive director of Brindco Sales Private Limited and was arrested on March 1, 2023 by the ED. He was, in April also, arrested by the CBI.

According to ED, Dhall allegedly conspired with other persons and was actively involved in the formation of policy and facilitating kickbacks to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its recoupment by the South Group through various means.

Both the ED and CBI have alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Excise polic; undue favours were extended to licence holders, the license fee was waived or reduced and the L-1 license was extended without the competent authority’s approval. The beneficiaries diverted “illegal” gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection.

Case Title: Amandeep Singh Dhall v. Central Bureau of Investigation