The court ordered that Amanatullah Khan be released from judicial custody.

New Delhi:

A court here on Thursday ordered the release of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board case, while refusing to take cognizance of a charge sheet filed against him.

Special Judge Jitendra Singh said that while there was enough evidence against Khan to proceed against him, there was no sanction to prosecute him.

“Therefore, cognizance is denied,” the judge said.

The court ordered that Khan be immediately released from judicial custody on a bond of Rs one lakh and a surety of the same amount.

The Enforcement Directorate on October 29 filed a 110-page first supplementary prosecution complaint (ED’s equivalent of a charge sheet), alleging that Khan laundered money allegedly generated through corruption in the Delhi Waqf Board.

The chargesheet also named one Mariam Siddiqui, who was not arrested as an accused by the Enforcement Directorate in the case.

The court said there was no evidence to proceed against Siddiqui and released her.

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