Arvind Kejriwal Arrest Updates, The Supreme Court heard Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest in the PMLA case related to the alleged excise policy scam. During this, the court asked the lawyer of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal why he did not file the bail petition in the subordinate court.
The petition of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was heard in the Supreme Court today. The court will hear this matter on Tuesday also. Kejriwal has challenged the ED’s arrest in the Supreme Court. During the hearing on Kejriwal’s petition, Justice Sanjeev Khanna asked that you have filed a bail petition in the trial court. In response to which Kejriwal’s lawyer MM Singhvi has said that he is not for bail.
He told the court that the petition filed in the trial court was against the two notices. On which Justice Khanna said why you not filed any petition for bail. Singhvi argued before the Supreme Court that the arrest of Kejriwal in the Delhi liquor scam case itself is illegal. Arguments from both sides are still being presented in the court.
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Singhvi said that Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 last month. After all, what was the need for arrest, when the ECR was filed in August 2022? After all, what happened suddenly that the CM had to be arrested? Singhvi said that during this period CBI also filed three charge sheets.
Justice Khanna asked: Has your name not appeared in the CBI case yet? In response to which Singhvi said no. Then Justice Khanna said that later ECIR has been filed naming you? In response, Singhvi said that no, Kejriwal’s name was not in 10 documents (including CBI chargesheet and ED prosecution complaint) till December 2023. The action was taken by the ED on the basis of statements of credible witnesses (Section 50 PMLA).
Justice Khanna said, would it not be appropriate for you to debate the reasons for the arrest? Singhvi said that this argument is towards him. On this Justice Khanna said that you forget it and take it as a normal criminal case. Suppose the arrested person is produced in the court. Application was given for police custody. They provide grounds for detention. The court decided to grant custody.