Arvind Kejriwal gets interim bail in money-laundering case, will remain behind bars in CBI FIR
The Supreme Court referred the Delhi chief minister’s petition questioning his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate to a larger bench.
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The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in case filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the liquor policy case, Live Law reported.
Kejriwal will, however, remain in jail as he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the same case on June 25.
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred the Aam Aadmi Party chief’s petition questioning his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate to a larger bench.
“We direct that Arvind Kejriwal be released on interim bail in connection with the case on same terms and conditions imposed by order dated May 10,” the bench said, according to Live Law.
The Supreme Court had granted Kejriwal interim bail on May 10 to allow him to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. It had then directed him not to visit the chief minister’s office or the Delhi secretariat, and not to sign any official files unless his signature is needed for them to be cleared by the lieutenant governor.
Kejriwal surrendered at Delhi’s Tihar Jail on June 2 after his interim bail period ended.
The Aam Aadmi Party chief was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21. The Enforcement Directorate is investigating allegations of money laundering in the liquor policy case based on...
