New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of AAP leader Satyendar Jain in a connection with a money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.

Dismissing Jain’s bail plea, the high court said Jain is an influential person and may distort evidence in the case.

The court also upheld the trial court’s decision last year denying bail to the AAP leader, stating that it had no ‘infirmity’ or “illegality”.

Satyendar Jain was arrested on May 30 last year on allegations that he laundered money through four companies owned by him.

He had approached the high court for bail after the trial court dismissed his bail petition last year.

"The present court cannot go into validity of these proceedings. Facts show that certain disproportionate assets were masked. The court has to see the prima facie case. The broad probabilities indicate that the companies associated to him are controlled and managed by him (Satyendar Jain)," it said, according to NDTV.