Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (file photo)
New Delhi: Serving relief, the Supreme Court granted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal bail in a case of money laundering that is linked to a Delhi liquor policy scam. However, the top court granted bail in the case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and he will have to remain in jail for a separate case probed by the CBI, NDTV reported.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta granted the Aam Aadmi Party national convenor the interim bail after more than 90 days in jail, which the court noted to.
It was on March 21 that the ED arrested Kejriwal in the money laundering case.
Two days ago, Kejriwal had submitted before the Delhi High Court that he was a victim of a "witch hunt" and the high court cancelling the bail granted him by a trial court would amount to "a grave miscarriage of justice".
Opposing the Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging his bail in the case, Kejriwal said discretionary orders of bail cannot be set aside merely on "perceptions and fanciful imagination" of the prosecution.
"The order passed by the special judge granting bail was not only well reasoned but prima facie showed a due application of mind in considering as well as faithfully recording and dealing with 'relevant arguments and contentions raised on behalf of both the parties'. "Therefore, to cancel the order would be tantamount to a grave miscarriage of justice," Kejriwal said in his reply filed to the ED's petition.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener urged the high court to dismiss ED's petition and to vacate the June 25 interim order by which the trial court's June 20 decision granting him bail was stayed.