This comes a day after Supreme court granted him bail in the Delhi liquor policy case. He had been lodged in Tihar jail for 17 months.
” Aazaadi ki subah ki pehli chai …17 mahine baad! (First tea on the morning of independence … after 17 months!”), Sisodia wrote on X.
“The freedom that the Constitution has given to all of us Indians as a guarantee of the right to life. The freedom that God has given us to breathe in the open air with everyone,” he added.
Upon his release from Tihar jail on Friday, Sisodia was greeted with a warm reception by AAP leaders and family members, amidst resounding chants of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai.’ Thanking BR Ambedkar, Sisodia said it was only because of the power of the Constitution that he was out of jail today.
“Ever since this order came in the morning, every inch of my skin has been feeling indebted to Babasaheb. I don’t understand how we will pay off this debt to Babasaheb,” he said.
The top court granted bail to former Delhi deputy chief minister and pulled up the lower courts and saying his long incarceration without trial had deprived him of the right to speedy justice.
The SC ruled that the delay in trial and long incarnation is valid ground to grant bail in money laundering cases despite stringent twin condition mentioned in the PMLA.
Sisodia was taken into custody by the CBI on February 26, 2023, for his alleged role in the irregularities surrounding the creation and execution of the Delhi excise policy for 2021-22. The Enforcement Directorate arrested him on March 9, 2023, as part of the money laundering investigation related to the CBI’s FIR. He resigned from the Delhi cabinet on February 28, 2023