Jul 05, 2024 01:45 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the CBI on June 26 from Tihar Jail, the place he’s nonetheless lodged in judicial custody in a related cash laundering case.
The Delhi excessive court docket on Friday issued a discover to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) relating to a bail plea filed by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in reference to the excise coverage case.
Initially, the excessive court docket agreed with the CBI’s rivalry that Kejriwal ought to have approached a metropolis court docket first. Nonetheless, the bench later opted to think about the deserves of Kejriwal’s direct enchantment to the excessive court docket through the arguments.
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Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing Kejriwal, stated the AAP chief will not be a flight danger and never a terrorist and the CBI arrested him after he obtained bail within the ED’s cash laundering case.
“Discover accepted. Petitioner has approached instantly earlier than the HC, this rivalry shall be thought of on the time of arguments,” stated Justice Neena Bansal Krishna in her order.
The court docket listed it for additional listening to on July 17.
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The AAP supremo has already challenged his arrest within the CBI case and the plea is pending earlier than the excessive court docket.
Arvind Kejriwal, the nationwide convener of the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP), was arrested by the CBI from Tihar Jail, the place he stays in judicial custody in reference to a cash laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Beforehand, Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 and was granted bail by the trial court docket within the cash laundering case on June 20. Nonetheless, the excessive court docket stayed this order.
On Wednesday, the trial court docket prolonged the judicial custody of Kejriwal until July 12 within the cash laundering case filed by the ED.
The court docket additionally reserved its order on the applying moved by the AAP chief in search of the presence of his spouse through the consultations with the medical board constituted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).