Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has got bail from the Supreme Court in the CBI case. On September 5, the Supreme Court had reserved its decision after completing the hearing on the CBI arrest in the liquor policy case.
Arvind Kejriwal has already got bail in the ED case on July 12. Therefore, the way for him to come out of jail has been cleared. Arvind Kejriwal has been in jail for about 6 months.
SC said…CBI’s arrest raises questions
Today, a bench of two Supreme Court judges, Justice Suryakant and Ujjal Bhuiyan, made several observations while granting bail to Kejriwal. While reading the verdict, Justice Surya Kant said that the FIR was filed in August 2022 and 4 charge sheets have been filed and the trial court has taken cognizance and 17 accused are to be questioned. The trial is not likely to be completed in the near future. Kejriwal fulfills the three conditions for granting bail and hence we give this decision.
In its judgment today, the Supreme Court said that the trial in this case does not seem likely to be completed in the near future, therefore, it is unjust to deprive liberty when there is no reasonable possibility of the trial being completed on time.
Justice Ujjal Bhuiyan said that on the need for arrest…CBI’s arrest raises more questions than answers. It seems that CBI became active and sought custody only after regular bail was granted by the trial court in the ED case. It did not feel the need to arrest for more than 22 months.
Bail was granted but with conditions…
Kejriwal has got this bail on conditions. According to these conditions, Arvind Kejriwal will not make any public comment on this case and will cooperate with the trial court. Apart from this, Arvind Kejriwal will not be able to go to the Chief Minister’s office and will not be able to sign any file.
The bench of Justice Suryakant and Ujjal Bhuiyan has given its verdict on two cases today. The first case was related to Arvind Kejriwal’s bail, Arvind Kejriwal had challenged the arrest of CBI. On which he has got bail.
But Kejriwal has suffered a setback in the second case. Actually, Kejriwal had called the CBI arrest illegal. On this, the Supreme Court ruled that Kejriwal’s arrest was made under section 41A, which is not illegal.
The CBI arrested Kejriwal on June 26, when he was in judicial custody in the money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the same alleged liquor policy scam. Kejriwal was first arrested by the ED in this case on March 21.
