New Delhi, Dec 11 (NationPress) The Supreme Court is scheduled to review on Wednesday a petition submitted by senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) official and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is seeking to modify the bail condition that necessitates his reporting to the Investigating Officer twice a week.

According to the causelist available on the apex court's website, a bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai will address Sisodia’s request for consideration on December 11.

Previously, on Monday, the bench, which also included Justice K.V. Viswanathan, agreed to schedule the plea after senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi brought it to their attention.

“Day after tomorrow,” was the response given to Singhvi, who sought an urgent review of Sisodia’s request to relax the bail condition that requires him to check in with the Investigating Officer every Monday and Thursday.

In August of this year, the Supreme Court granted bail to the senior AAP figure, stating that he could not be kept incarcerated indefinitely while awaiting a swift trial in the alleged excise policy matter.

While announcing the ruling on Sisodia’s bail petitions, a bench led by Justice Gavai noted: "In the current situation, concerning both the ED and CBI cases, there are 493 witnesses named, and the case includes thousands of pages of documents along with over a lakh pages of digitized files."

"It is evident that there is no near-term possibility of concluding the trial. In our assessment, keeping the appellant detained indefinitely while expecting a rapid trial would violate his Fundamental Right to Liberty as per Article 21 of the Constitution."

The bench, which also includes Justice Viswanathan, stated that due to his lengthy incarceration of approximately 17 months and the trial not having started, Sisodia had been denied his right to a speedy trial.

Disputing the argument that if granted bail, Sisodia could tamper with evidence, the Supreme Court asserted that the prosecution's case primarily relies on documentary evidence, which has already been confiscated by the CBI and the ED.

The SC declined to accept the central agencies’ request that Sisodia should be prohibited from visiting the Delhi Chief Minister’s Office or the Delhi Secretariat.

"The appellant (Sisodia) is to surrender his passport with the Special Court. He must report to the Investigating Officer every Monday and Thursday between 10-11 a.m., and he must not attempt to influence witnesses or tamper with evidence," it stated.

In a previous ruling delivered on October 30 last year, the top court had denied bail to the former Deputy Chief Minister but indicated that if the trial progresses slowly over the next three months, he could reapply for bail.

Recently, the Delhi High Court issued a notice regarding Sisodia’s challenge against the trial court’s decision to take cognizance of the prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged liquor policy scam.

In his petition to the Delhi HC, Sisodia argued that the trial court acted without the necessary prior sanction from the ED to prosecute under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for the alleged offenses.

The petition added that the trial court should not have acknowledged the ED's prosecution complaint without such sanction, as he was a public official at the time the alleged money laundering occurred.

The case is set to be heard next on December 20, alongside a similar request made by AAP chief and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who is seeking a stay on trial proceedings due to the lack of sanction.