Hemant Soren was sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand earlier this month
The Supreme Court today dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's petition challenging the bail granted to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.
The Jharkhand High Court while granting bail to Hemant Soren on June 28 had said that records do not indicate his "direct involvement" in the alleged scam.
The Supreme Court opined that the Jharkhand High Court's judgment was "very well reasoned."
"We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order," the bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan said.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on January 31 on money laundering charges. The ED has accused him of running a scheme to manipulate records, via fictitious transactions and forged documents, and acquire 8.86 acres of land in Ranchi worth crores.
Mr Soren has repeatedly denied the charges against him, and has accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of framing his arrest - which was weeks before the Lok Sabha election - to derail the opposition.
He was again sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand earlier this month, completing a five-month political arc stretching from January - when he quit minutes before his arrest.