New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Friday deliver its verdict on Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the liquor policy case.
The two-member bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, had reserved its order on September 5.
The top court had questioned the manner in which CBI arrested Kejriwal, during the hearing a week ago.
“When you are in custody, if you are arresting him again, then you need the permission of the court. There is something in the criminal procedure code,” Justices Kant and Bhuyan had said.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who is appearing for the Delhi chief minister, argued that the central probe agency arrested Kejriwal when he was on the “cusp of release” in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case.
Singhvi also pointed out that other co-accused in the case, AAP’s Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vijay Nair and BRS leader K Kavitha, were granted bail by the Supreme Court.
The CBI countered by saying that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) should not be considered on par with the others in the liquor policy case.
The AAP chief was arrested by the ED on March 21 in a money-laundering case connected to the liquor policy scam. The CBI then arrested him on June 26 in a corruption case.
Hence despite being granted bail by Supreme Court in ED case on July 12, Kejriwal he remains in Tihar Jail.
