Delhi court grants bail to AAP leader Amanatullah Khan in money laundering case

Special judge Jitendra Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court refused to take cognisance of the chargesheet on Thursday, holding that while “there was sufficient evidence to prosecute him” in the case, there was however “no sanction to prosecute him”.

The court meanwhile ordered the release of Khan from judicial custody on bail.

The ED had, in earlier hearings, urged the court to take cognisance of the supplementary chargesheet, arguing that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute Khan under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

On October 29, the ED had filed the first supplementary chargesheet in the matter with 110 pages, also naming his wife Maryam Siddiqui.