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Delhi Liquor Scam Case: The High Court heard the bail plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the CBI case on the product policy scam on Wednesday. Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, has questioned the CBI's arrest in the Delhi High Court. He said that in the last two years, the CBI did not arrest Kejriwal but arrested him when he was about to get relief in the ED case. Singhvi said that Kejriwal is an elected Chief Minister and he is not a statistician.
Kejriwal's lawyer Singhvi told the High Court, “I have brought three orders before the court, including the interim bail granted to Kejriwal by the lower court, the interim bail granted by the Supreme Court for election campaign and the recent interim bail order issued in the ED case.”
The Supreme Court granted bail
Singhvi said that Kejriwal was arrested by the CBI just when he was about to get bail. Whereas the CBI did not arrest him for 2 years. Even after recording his statement, the CBI did not deem it necessary to arrest him. He has already got interim bail from the Supreme Court in the case registered by the ED. Granting bail meant that the Supreme Court was satisfied that Kejriwal would not tamper with the evidence or try to influence the witnesses during bail.
Singhvi said that the CBI FIR in this case is two years old. The FIR was registered in the year 2022. In which Kejriwal was not an accused. He was called to testify as a witness in April 2023. Kejriwal joined the interrogation. Meanwhile, Singhvi also handed over the charge to Imran Khan. He said that Imran Khan was acquitted in a case three days ago. Everyone read this in the newspaper but later he was arrested in another case. This cannot happen in our country.
Arrest is a violation of fundamental rights
Kejriwal's arrest in this case is a violation of fundamental rights under Articles 14, 21, 22 of the Constitution. The CBI applied to the trial court for preliminary interrogation of him but the trial court did not even consider it necessary to issue a notice to Kejriwal. The only reason given by the CBI to the trial court for the arrest was that he was not giving satisfactory answers to our questions. Can the investigating agency be arrested for not giving the desired answers? How can this be a basis in itself! The trial court's order allowing Kejriwal's arrest is wrong. Recently, Justice Sanjeev Khanna said in his order that mere interrogation cannot be the basis for arrest.
