Supreme Court Seeks Police Reply on AAP MLA Balyan’s Bail Plea
Delhi Police gets four weeks to respond to former AAP MLA’s plea for bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear former AAP MLA Naresh Balyan’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s refusal to grant him bail in a case registered under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought a response from the Delhi Police within four weeks.
On August 3, the High Court denied bail to Balyan, who is accused of facilitating a crime syndicate allegedly run by gangster Kapil Sangwan. It said conversations between the two indicated an “active criminal nexus”.
Balyan was arrested under the MCOCA on December 4, 2024, the same day a trial court granted him bail in a separate extortion case.
Seeking bail before the High Court, Balyan argued that there was “no shred of evidence” against him and described the case as “completely frivolous”.
He maintained that he was a victim who had lodged complaints against the gangster and was being portrayed as Sangwan’s associate because of political vendetta.
Rejecting the contention, the High Court noted that 17 FIRs had been registered against the alleged syndicate. It held that the case involved “continuing unlawful activity” and did not amount to double jeopardy.
Balyan approached the High Court after a trial court denied him bail on May 27, 2025.
The prosecution had earlier said that 16 FIRs had been registered against members of the alleged syndicate in different parts of Delhi and that they had amassed substantial illegal wealth.
