Delhi Court Discharges Ex-AAP MLA Balyan in Extortion Case While High Court Denies Bail in Separate MCOCA Matter

A magistrate cited absent direct evidence on August 2 even as prosecutors pursue organized crime charges against the former legislator in a parallel proceeding.

Delhi Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal discharged former Aam Aadmi Party legislator Naresh Balyan from an extortion case on August 2, ruling that the prosecution failed to produce direct evidence linking him to gangster Kapil Sangwan [1]. The order came one day before the Delhi High Court refused Balyan bail in a separate case registered under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, leaving the former lawmaker in custody despite the lower court’s finding of insufficient proof in the extortion matter [5]. These two rulings, reported by Hindustan Times and India Today respectively across August 2 and August 3, present divergent judicial assessments of the same defendant based on distinct evidentiary records and legal standards.

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