Rouse Avenue Court, New Delhi: The Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, J. refused to grant interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case related to the Delhi’s Excise liquor policy scam.
Kejriwal had sought interim bail for seven days on medical grounds.
On 10-05-2024, the Supreme Court granted him interim bail till 01-06-2024 considering the ongoing 18th Lok Sabha General Elections with a direction to surrender on 02-06-2024, with the several conditions. On 29-05-2024, the Supreme Court Registry had refused to list Kejriwal’s application seeking a seven-day extension of his interim bail in the Liquor Policy Case, granted on 10-05-2024.
Kejriwal was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) at his residence in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case on 21-03-2024, after the Delhi High Court refused to grant interim protection to Arvind Kejriwal. The Rouse Avenue District Court granted custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to ED till 28-03-2024. The ED had registered Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) on 22-08-2022 pursuant to registration of the predicate offences by the Central Bureau of Investigation on 17-08-2022 under Section 120-B read with Section
Source: Press