Delhi Liquor Policy Case : Supreme Court Extends Interim Bail Of Hyderabad Businessman Abhishek Boinpally

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 7) extended the interim bail granted to Hyderabad businessman Abhishek Boinpally in the Delhi Liquor Policy case till the next hearing date.

The Court has relisted the matter in the week commencing from July 8, 2024.

The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta passed the order in Boinpally's special leave petition against a Delhi High Court judgment of July 2023 denying him bail.

Boinpally, a former director of Robin Distilleries LLP and an alleged middleman is among the many people being investigated in the Delhi Liquor Policy case. He was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in October 2022, but one month later, got bail in the case.

However, this relief was short-lived as at the same time, Special Judge MK Nagpal allowed the Enforcement Directorate's plea to take Boinpally into custody for five days. Following the same, in October 2022, the businessman went back into custody.

Initially, Boinpally approached the Special Court and the Delhi High Court for bail, but was denied relief. The Special Judge held that Boinpally was one of the representatives of the South Group in the cartelization and played an active role in the payment of kickbacks as well as their recoupment. The High Court did not find ground to interfere with the Special Judge's order and dismissed Boinpally's bail plea citing "gravity of the allegations" and "credible material on record".

Assailing the High Court order, Boinpally moved the top Court, which granted him interim bail on March 20 this year. The interim bail was extended on April 29 on a mentioning by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal 

Case Title: Abhishek Boinpally v. Directorate of Enforcement | Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 9038 of 2023

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