Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Policy Case
New Delhi, India – The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case related to a now-scrapped policy, which was registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Despite this, Kejriwal will remain in jail due to his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the same case.
Leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have claimed that the interim bail order proves that the agencies and the government had made a false case regarding the alleged excise policy scam. Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema stated, “The BJP has made a false case of excise policy scam by conspiring with Kejriwal, which led to his arrest. Today, the apex court said that this matter be referred to a larger bench so that it can be found out if his arrest is right or wrong.”
Cheema added, “I think Arvind Kejriwal will get bail in the CBI case too and he will be out of jail soon. This shows how the BJP government traps everyone and makes false cases on everyone. This is just stage one of the BJP government failing and whatever happens will be for the good now.”
Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj commented, “Kejriwal and a lot of other people were scared by the name of the PMLA law. The PMLA is a black law. The provisions of this bail make it difficult to get bail. The lower court granted him bail and observed that ED is acting with a bias.”
He added, “So, today’s bail just shows that the Supreme Court is a huge thing. The Centre had already anticipated that the SC would grant him bail. The burden of proof lies on the CBI. So, I don’t think it will take much time for Kejriwal to be out of jail. Hope for the best.”
AAP National General Secretary Organisation and MP Sandeep Pathak said, “This is a huge relief. When the political leaders can’t stop the party, they do all sorts of things to put the leaders in jail. In such a situation, the SC is very soothing. I believe the country is more important than the party.”
He further added, “In the PMLA law under Article 19, it is very difficult to get bail because the grounds to get bail are more difficult. So, such decisions when kept on a larger bench, led to better investigations, will make these decisions famous in history. I am sure that people are happy on the decision to bail. I only appeal to the BJP to leave their dirty politics and form hands to make a better government for the development of the city.”
A bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna referred Kejriwal’s petition challenging his arrest by the ED to a larger bench. The Supreme Court, while granting interim bail to Kejriwal in the ED case, observed that the Delhi CM has suffered incarceration of 90 days and that it’s conscious that he is an elected leader. The top court had reserved the verdict on Kejriwal’s plea for May 17.