Delhi Liquor Scam / SC hearing on CM Kejriwal's case today, will he get bail?

Delhi Liquor Scam: The Supreme Court will hear today, i.e. on August 14, the petition of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is serving a sentence in the Delhi liquor scam case, in which he has challenged the Delhi High Court's order to maintain his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case related to the alleged excise policy scam. The Supreme Court will also hear Kejriwal's petition requesting bail in this case separately today. A bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice Ujjwal Bhuiyan will hear both the petitions of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor.

Kejriwal had pleaded in the Supreme Court

On Monday, when senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, on behalf of Kejriwal, requested to list it urgently in the court, the apex court agreed to hear his petition. On August 5, the Delhi High Court had upheld the Chief Minister's arrest and said that there was no malice in the allegations of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which shows how the AAP leader can influence witnesses, who could muster the courage to testify only after his arrest.

The High Court had said this

The High Court had asked him to approach the lower court for regular bail in the CBI case. The court had said that the circle of evidence against the Chief Minister was closed after the CBI arrested him and collected relevant evidence and it cannot be said that it was without any reasonable cause or illegal. It said that Kejriwal is not an ordinary citizen but a Magsaysay Award winner and the convener of the Aam Aadmi Party.

The High Court had also said, "His control and influence over the witnesses is prima facie evident from the fact that these witnesses could muster the courage to become witnesses only after the arrest of the petitioner, as has been exposed by the special prosecutor. Also, it establishes that the circle of evidence against the petitioner was closed after collecting relevant evidence after his arrest. No malice of any kind can be inferred from the acts of the respondent (CBI).''

The High Court had dismissed the petition

The High Court had dismissed the petition challenging Kejriwal's arrest and said that the agency proceeded with further investigation against him only after sufficient evidence was collected and approval was granted in April 2024. The court had said that the strings of crime extend to Punjab, but the witnesses are not coming forward due to Kejriwal's influence due to his position. The High Court had said that the witnesses came forward to record their statements only after his arrest.