Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of jailed Chief Minister Arvind kejriwal till August 20. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief was produced in the court via video conferencing.
Arvind Kejriwal is in custody since March 21 after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him in the alleged irregularities in the now scrapped Delhi Excise Policy. Ths Supreme Court has allready granted interim bail to Kejriwal in the ED case. However, he is currently in jail in the CBI case.
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The Delhi High Court on Monday had dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by CBI in alleged liquor policy scam. The high court also dismissed the interim bail in CBI case plea with liberty to approach the trial court.
"It cannot be said that the arrest was without any justiciable reason. So far as bail application is concerned it is disposed of with liberty to approach the trial court," the high court ruled.
The same bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed the interim petition filed by Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the CBI.
Last week, the Delhi High Court had reserved verdict in a regular bail petition filed by the jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Excise Liquor policy case. The verdict on regular bail is yet to be announced.
The CBI opposed bail for Kejriwal and said that it has filed the final chargesheet and it is ready to begin the trial. CBI's counsel argued that Kejriwal is the head of cabinet and he signed the New Excise Policy. However, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Kejriwal said that just by signing if Kejriwal becomes mastermind then LG VK Saxena also signed the policy, he should also be impleaded in the case. However, CBI's counsel said that Singhvi was trying to sensationalise the matter.