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The Supreme Court will hear today the petition of Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, in which he has challenged the Delhi High Court's order to stay his bail. Here the CBI has brought him to the court from Tihar Jail. He will be produced before Judge Amitabh Rawat of the Vacation Bench in Rouse Avenue Court. The central investigating agency may seek Kejriwal's custody from the court.
Let us tell you that both CBI and ED have registered FIR in the Delhi liquor scam case and both the agencies are investigating separately. Kejriwal is already in judicial custody till July 3 in the ED case. On June 20, the Rouse Avenue Court granted bail to Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor scam. The ED had challenged this order of the trial court in the Delhi High Court and opposed Kejriwal's bail. The High Court had stayed the bail of the Delhi Chief Minister, questioning the discretion of the trial court in this case.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed Kejriwal's bail order, saying that the trial court should have at least been satisfied that he had fulfilled two conditions of Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The High Court said that the vacation judge of the Rouse Avenue Court did not properly consider the important documents presented by the ED. The ED had alleged in its petition that Rouse Avenue Court judge Nya Bindu had granted bail to Arvind Kejriwal without considering the documents placed on record.
Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned the Aam Aadmi Party supremo in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement related to the excise policy case. Today, the CBI has also got permission to present Arvind Kejriwal in the concerned trial court. According to CBI sources, he may be officially arrested in this case today before the court. Let us tell you that Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 this year. He is in judicial custody in Tihar Jail till July 3.
The case against Arvind Kejriwal relates to allegations of irregularities in Delhi's now-expired excise policy for 2021-22, which the CBI began investigating in July 2022 following a recommendation by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. Based on the CBI FIR, the ED had registered a money laundering case in the matter and started the investigation. The ED alleges that Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took a bribe of Rs 100 crore from members of the Southern Group to manipulate Delhi's liquor policy.
