New Delhi: The Supreme Court today granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the CBI FIR in the Delhi liquor policy case.
The Court pronounced the verdict in the petitions filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and seeking bail in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy scam.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan had heard the matter and reserved verdict on September 5. Both the judges delivered separate judgments.
Justice Kant, as reported by Live Law, held that the arrest of Kejriwal was legal and did not suffer from any procedural irregularity. There is no merit in the contention that the CBI failed to comply with the mandate of Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure while arresting him, Justice Kant held.
At the same time, both the judges were unanimous in the decision to grant bail to Kejriwal considering the fact that the chargesheet has been filed in the case and that the trial is unlikely to be completed in the near future.
The same conditions imposed by the coordinate bench while granting bail in the ED case will apply in this case too. This would mean that Kejriwal cannot visit the office of the Chief Minister and Delhi Secretariat.
