The Delhi High Court will hear today the jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case in the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy scam.
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna of the Delhi High Court will also hear today Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the CBI.
Kejriwal has been granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the Enforcement Directorate case but continues to remain behind bars because of the CBI matter.
Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, N Hariharan and Vikram Chaudhari will appear for Kejriwal
CBI Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) DP Singh will be arguing for CBI.
On July 3, Arvind Kejriwal had filed a fresh bail petition in the Delhi High Court in case filed by CBI in connection with alleged Delhi Liquor Policy scam. The CBI arrested AAP supremo in a corruption case on June 26, while he was in judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The high court is likely to hear the bail plea on Friday.
A petition challenging the arrest and remand by CBI is still pending in the high court. Another case is pending in court for bail in the ED case.
The Delhi High Court had earlier issued notice to CBI over arrest and subsequent remand of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection to the Delhi Liquor Policy case. The court granted seven days to CBI to file reply.
In previous hearing, challenging the CBI arrect, Singhvi questioned the necessity for arrest.
"No question of CBI arresting me in June 2024 because CBI FIR is of August 2022. He is then summoned in April 2023 and questioned for nine hours. From that till now, nothing is done." Singhvi argued in court.
Singhvi asked how CBI can arrest Kejriwal in June 2024, on an FIR lodged in 2022, where he was only questioned in April 2023. "There cannot be urgency or necessity of arrest," Singhvi said.
A Delhi Court while upholding that the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI in the liquor policy case, observed that his arrest was not illegal. However, the court said that the CBI should not be "over zealous".
Vacation judge Amitabh Rawat of Rouse Avenue Courts upheld CBI's arrest and said that investigation is the prerogative of the investigating agency. Today, the Delhi High Court will hear a challenge to this order along with AAP chief's bail plea.