Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal gets interim bail from Supreme Court

Arvind Kejriwal News: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has got interim bail from the Supreme Court in the money laundering case related to the liquor scam. Kejriwal has challenged the ED's arrest in the Delhi liquor policy case. The Supreme Court bench led by Justice Sanjeev Khanna will pronounce its verdict on Arvind Kejriwal's petition. The Supreme Court heard the case on May 17 and reserved the decision. Along with this, it was said that Kejriwal can go to the trial court for bail. Kejriwal had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court regarding his arrest and subsequent custody of ED. On April 9, the Delhi High Court had justified Kejriwal's arrest. Kejriwal approached the Supreme Court against this decision.

Delhi HC had justified the arrest

After this, the Supreme Court had sought a reply from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Kejriwal's petition on April 15. The High Court had justified Kejriwal's arrest and said that there was nothing illegal in it because Kejriwal did not come to the ED office for questioning even after several summons were sent. After this, the ED had no option but to arrest him.

Kejriwal main accused in supplementary chargesheet

Meanwhile, three days ago, ED presented the seventh supplementary chargesheet in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court, in which CM Arvind Kejriwal has been named as the main accused in the case. ED said in the chargesheet that Kejriwal spent this money in the election campaign of Aam Aadmi Party in the Goa elections held in 2022. Many claims have been made in the supplementary chargesheet. It has been said that Kejriwal is the kingpin and conspirator of this case.

ED has said in its chargesheet that bribe money was used in the Goa elections. Kejriwal was aware of this and he was involved in it. The chargesheet also gives details of the WhatsApp chat between Kejriwal and accused Vinod Chauhan. In the chargesheet, ED has also mentioned Proceeds of Crime.

Hearing will be held in Delhi High Court on July 17

The next hearing on the bail plea of ​​​​Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, lodged in Tihar Jail in the liquor scam case, will be held in Delhi High Court on July 17. The High Court has issued a notice to the CBI on Kejriwal's petition and sought a reply. During the hearing, the High Court had asked Kejriwal's lawyers that when you had the option, why did you approach the High Court? Why did you not file a bail petition in the trial court?

Kejriwal was arrested on March 21

ED arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in the money laundering case related to the liquor scam. Before this, Kejriwal was summoned 9 times. After the arrest, Kejriwal was in ED custody for several days. The court later sent him to judicial custody. Meanwhile, he got interim bail for the Lok Sabha election campaign. On completion of its period, he surrendered on June 2.

The High Court justified the arrest

Kejriwal had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court regarding his arrest and then being sent to the custody of the investigating agency. On April 9, the Delhi High Court justified Kejriwal's arrest. Kejriwal approached the Supreme Court against this decision. After this, the Supreme Court sought a reply from the ED on Kejriwal's petition on April 15.

The High Court, while justifying Kejriwal's arrest, had said that there was nothing illegal in it as Kejriwal did not come to the ED office for questioning even after several summons were sent. After this, ED had no option but to arrest him.

ED filed seventh supplementary chargesheet in liquor policy case

Meanwhile, in the liquor policy case, ED presented the seventh supplementary chargesheet in Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi on Tuesday (July 9). In this 208-page chargesheet, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has been described as the mastermind and conspirator of the case. The chargesheet said that the money received from the scam has been spent on the Aam Aadmi Party.

ED said in the chargesheet that Kejriwal spent this money in AAP's election campaign in the 2022 Goa elections. It has been claimed that Kejriwal had sought a bribe of Rs 100 crore from the members of the South Group for the contract to sell liquor, out of which Rs 45 crore was spent on Goa elections.

The ED asserted that Kejriwal claimed that AAP's former media in-charge and co-accused in the case Vijay Nair worked under ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj and not him. It also claimed that the CM said Durgesh Pathak was the state in-charge of Goa and managed the funds and that he himself had no role in decisions related to funds and that he did not receive bribe from Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader K Kavita.