Ahmedabad Times

The Delhi Excessive Courtroom has refused to grant interim bail of six weeks to Al Falah College group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, who’s in custody in two cash laundering instances.

Justice Saurabh Banerjee, nonetheless, permitted Siddiqui to satisfy his spouse – a stage 4 ovarian most cancers affected person – on custody parole on three dates.

Siddiqui sought interim bail on the bottom that his spouse’s well being was vital and he needed to be along with her at this stage of her life.

Justice Banerjee noticed that there was nothing on file to indicate any “emergent scenario”, and actually, the medical file confirmed that the situation of Siddiqui’s spouse was not deteriorating however moderately bettering.

The decide additional mentioned that Siddiqui could also be a flight danger and may affect the witnesses or attempt to tamper with proof if launched.

“Although this courtroom is sympathetic in the direction of the medical situation of the applicant’s spouse, nonetheless, contemplating the gravity and nature of the allegations levelled in opposition to the applicant, and the standing of the proceedings, the position assigned to him, his standing and place within the college/ society, this courtroom is of the thought-about opinion that the statutory rigours governing grant of bail can’t be diluted merely on humanitarian issues, extra so, within the absence of any emergent and/ or distinctive circumstance warranting the applicant’s instant launch,” the courtroom mentioned within the order dated July 13.

“This courtroom just isn’t inclined to grant interim bail to the current applicant at this stage. Nonetheless, with a view to stability the equities as additionally taking a humanitarian view, this Courtroom deems it applicable to grant custody parole to the applicant for a interval of three days i.e. 21.07.2026, 23.07.2026 and 25.07.2026,” it ordered.

Contemplating that Siddiqui is a high-risk undertrial, the courtroom directed the jail superintendent to make sufficient safety preparations for the custody parole and be certain that he can meet his ailing spouse on the specified deal with on July 21, 23 and 25 between 10:00 AM and 04:00 PM.

The courtroom clarified that in this era, he would solely be permitted to satisfy his spouse, and no person else.

Custody parole entails a prisoner being escorted by armed police personnel to the place of go to.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had opposed the purposes for interim bail.

The ED counsel had raised apprehensions of proof tampering and Siddiqui fleeing from the authorized course of if launched, and instructed that he be permitted to satisfy his spouse in custody parole as an alternative.

Siddiqui had moved the excessive courtroom in search of interim bail of six weeks after the trial courtroom refused to present him reprieve on June 9.

He was arrested in two cash laundering instances.

One cash laundering case is linked to the alleged technology of illicit funds from the charges paid by college students of his Faridabad-based academic establishment.

He was arrested on November 18, 2025, within the case registered underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).

The ED’s probe stems from two FIRs by Delhi Police’s Crime Department alleging that Al Falah College falsely projected NAAC accreditation and UGC recognition to mislead college students and fogeys.

The ED has alleged the college generated ₹415.10 crore between 2018 and 2025 and that funds collected from college students had been diverted for private use.

Siddiqui was subsequently arrested by the ED once more in a brand new cash laundering case linked to “fraudulent” acquisition of land value ₹45 crore in Delhi.

Al Falah College got here underneath scrutiny in a ‘white-collar terror’ probe wherein two medical doctors linked to it had been arrested, whereas one other physician, Umar-un-Nabi, related to its hospital, was recognized because the suicide bomber within the November 10, 2025 blast outdoors the Pink Fort that killed 15 folks.