Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months, Can’t Go to Office Or Sign Files

Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months, Can’t Go to Office Or Sign Files
The AAP leader can now leave jail – after nearly six months in prison without a trial – after having secured bail in the earlier case filed by the Enforcement Directorate.

New Delhi: 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by the Supreme Court – which found his “prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of liberty – following his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in June, in connection with the alleged liquor excise policy case. Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months

The Aam Aadmi Party leader can now leave jail – after nearly six months without a trial – since he had earlier also secured bail in the case filed by the Enforcement Directorate. He cannot, however go to his office or the Delhi Secretariat, or sign files without Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s consent.  Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months

In a brief session Friday morning Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Surya Kant delivered separate verdicts on Mr Kejriwal’s two pleas but agreed on the core issue – the Chief Minister must be released.

Sources at Delhi’s Tihar Jail told NDTV he will be released later today. 

Mr Kejriwal had also challenged the CBI’s arrest – which came days after the trial court in Delhi granted him bail in the ED case, and has been criticised by his lawyers as an “insurance arrest”.

On this the judges differed, with Justice Kant stating “no impediment in arresting person already in custody (Mr Kejriwal had been in ED custody for weeks before the CBI’s arrest)”. Justice Bhuyan disagreed, pointing out the agency became active “only after trial court granted regular bail in ED case”. Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months

On the matter of bail for Mr Kejriwal, however, the judges were united, noting that “completion of trial (is) unlikely to occur in (the) immediate future”, The court then ruled as it had in three other high-profile bail hearings connected to the liquor policy case – ex-Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, and Telangana politician K Kavitha. All three were released on similar grounds. Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months

And, as it had for Mr Sisodia, the court said it was a “travesty of justice” to keep Mr Kejriwal in custody without notification of a trial, particularly since he had already been granted bail in the case filed by the ED, in which he faced charges under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

“I fail to understand the great urgency on the part of the CBI to arrest the appellant when he was on cusp of release in the ED case. Mr Raju (Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the robe agency) vehemently argued the appellant has to first approach the trial court… this can’t be accepted.” Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months

In strong comments Justice Bhuyan also underlined the ‘bail is the rule, jail the exception’ legal principle that featured in Mr Sisodia and Ms Kavitha’s release. “Further detention by CBI under same predicate offense is untenable. There is presumption of innocence. Bail is the rule and jail an exception,” he said.

Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months

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Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi and the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has had a significant political journey marked by both achievements and controversies. Arvind Kejriwal Gets Bail After 6 Months

As of 2024, Kejriwal remains a prominent figure in Indian politics. His administration has been credited with key reforms in education, healthcare, and public infrastructure, including the successful implementation of the Mohalla Clinics initiative and improvements in Delhi’s government schools. He has maintained a strong focus on anti-corruption, stemming from his early days as a social activist and key figure in the India Against Corruption movement.

However, Kejriwal has faced legal troubles in 2024 due to his alleged involvement in the Delhi liquor policy scam. He was arrested in March by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on money laundering charges, and later by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for corruption. Despite these accusations, Kejriwal received bail from the Supreme Court in September 2024, though he remains under investigation. His case has sparked debate over the role of central agencies in targeting opposition leaders, raising concerns about political vendettas.

Kejriwal’s political journey continues to be a mix of his governance achievements and ongoing legal battles 【9†source】.