Arvind Kejriwal To Stay In Jail: SC Declines Interim Relief, Issues Notice To CBI In Delhi Excise Policy Case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined interim relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the excise policy scam. The court also issued a notice to the central probe agency and said Kejriwal will remain in jail till August 23.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the pleas of the Aam Aadmi Party convenor challenging the CBI arrest and seeking bail, News18 reported.

Notably, on Monday, the top court agreed to take up Kejriwal’s plea after senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for him, sought an urgent listing. The Delhi High Court had on August 5 upheld the arrest of the chief minister as legal, and said there was no malice in the acts of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which demonstrated how the AAP supremo could influence witnesses who could muster the courage to depose only after his arrest.

The high court had asked him to move the trial court for regular bail in the CBI case, noting that the loop of evidence against the CM was closed after the collection of relevant evidence following his arrest by the CBI and it cannot be said that it was without any justifiable reason or illegal.

It had said Kejriwal is not an ordinary citizen but a distinguished recipient of the Magsaysay Award and the convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party.