New Delhi [India], The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of ​​suspended Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Pooja Singhal seeking bail in a money laundering case related to alleged embezzlement of MNREGA funds and other charges, Justice The bench of Sanjeev Khanna and Dipankar Dutta rejected it. The bail plea said this was an "exceptional case". The apex court refused to interfere with the order of the Jharkhand High Court which had refused to grant him bail. The bench noted that out of the 17 prosecution witnesses, 12 have been examined by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). And expressed hope that the hearing of this case would be completed expeditiously, “You please wait for some more time for bail.This is not an ordinary case, but an extraordinary case. There is something seriously wrong in this case. We are not inclined to entertain the plea immediately. "We hope that the hearing will be completed expeditiously," the bench said, adding that if the hearing gets prolonged or there is any other change in the circumstances, Singhal will be allowed to file his bail plea again. The ED has also been given leave to start the bail plea of ​​Singhal saying that he is out.He has spent most of the total custody period in a hospital in Ranchi. On February 10, 2023, the apex court granted two months' interim bail to Singhal, who had sought interim bail to take care of his ailing daughter. He is in custody since May 11, 2022, following raids on properties linked to him in a money laundering case. The top court was hearing an appeal filed by Singhal, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Jharkhand cadre. Jharkhand High Court rejected his bail plea.The Enforcement Directorate has accused Singhal of money laundering worth more than Rs. Rs 36 crore in cash linked to alleged illegal mining was seized by IT teams as part of two separate money laundering investigations. Apart from the 2000-batch IAS officer, her businessman husband, a charter accountant associated with the couple and others were also raided. The ED arrested Singhal, part of a money laundering probe linked to a case of alleged corruption in the MNREGA scheme, after the ED claimed it had credible evidence of his link with CA Suman Kumar. Singhal was the Secretary of the Department of Mines and Geology and the Managing Director of Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Limited (JSMDC).