[Breaking] Delhi Excise Policy: Arvind Kejriwal's Judicial Custody Extended Till July 12th

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Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court extended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody until July 12 in the money laundering case connected to the now-scrapped Delhi liquor excise policy 2021-22.

[Breaking] Delhi Excise Policy: Arvind Kejriwal's Judicial Custody Extended Till July 12th — [Breaking] Delhi Excise Policy: Arvind Kejriwal’s Judicial Custody Extended Till July 12th

NEW DELHI: Today (3rd July): Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court extended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody until July 12 in the money laundering case connected to the now-scrapped Delhi liquor excise policy 2021-22.

The court also reserved its decision on Kejriwal’s request for his wife’s presence during medical consultations with the special board constituted by AIIMS, as ordered by the court on April 22. The decision will be announced on July 6.

On Saturday, the court had sent Kejriwal to judicial custody until July 12, following a plea from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which arrested the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor on June 26.

Earlier, Kejriwal had approached the Delhi High Court regarding the CBI case against him. His counsel, Rajat Bharadwaj, mentioned the bail plea before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.

Bharadwaj argued that Kejriwal was taken into illegal custody without complying with Section 41 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in response to a plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is challenging his arrest by the central agency in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna has directed the CBI to file its response and has scheduled the next hearing for July 17.

Kejriwal was arrested by the CBI on June 26 while he was already in judicial custody concerning a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The trial court had granted him bail in the ED case on June 20, but this decision was stayed by the Delhi High Court on June 25.

Subsequently, the CBI arrested Kejriwal on June 26 and he was remanded to CBI custody until June 29. On June 29, after the CBI did not seek an extension, he was sent to judicial custody until July 12.

“We have filed a bail application. The applicant was taken into illegal custody without complying with Section 41,” he said. The court agreed to list the matter for Friday. “We’ll list it the day after,” said Acting Chief Justice Manmohan.

The AAP national convenor was arrested by the CBI on June 26 from Tihar Jail, where he remains in judicial custody in a related money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Kejriwal, who was initially arrested by the ED on March 21, was granted bail by the trial court in the money laundering case on June 20. However, the trial court’s order was stayed by the high court.