AAP Leader Satyendar Jain Granted Bail In Delhi Jal Board Corruption Case
A Delhi Court on Thursday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain in the corruption case related to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board.
Special PC judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order and allowed Jain's bail plea.
Jain, former Minister of Water of the earlier Delhi Government of AAP, was arrested last month by Delhi Police's Anti-Corruption Branch. The case was registered in 2024. He was remanded to judicial custody on August 19.
Other five accused persons arrested are Udit Prakash Rai (IAS) and former CEO, Delhi Jal Board; Ankit Srivastava, former contractual consultant of Delhi Jal Board; Nagendra Yadav, Proprietor M/s AN Enterprises; Raja Kumar Kurra, Owner M/s Euroteck Environement Pvt. Ltd and Pankaj Verma, Proprietor M/s Srijanhar.
The FIR was registered under Sections 7, 7A, 9 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, read with Sections 420, 409, 418 and 120B of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
The case was registered on the complaint of Delhi Government's Directorate of Vigilance, alleging large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process relating to augmentation and upgradation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
It was alleged that the tendering process involved restrictive technical specifications and conditions favouring a particular technology provider- M/s Euroteck Environment Pvt. Ltd, thereby restricting competition and providing undue advantage to a selected private entity.
The ACB has alleged that private persons were allegedly in regular communication with public servants and intermediaries in order to manipulate the tender process.