Delhi Excise policy Scam: Kejriwal's judicial custody extended till July 25 in CBI's corruption case

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A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till July 25 in the corruption case linked to the alleged excise policy scam being probed by the CBI, reported PTI.

Kejriwal was produced in court through video conferencing before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja who sent him to a 13 day custody.

He appeared in connection with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) cases on the expiry of his judicial custody.

Earlier in the day, he was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the money laundering case linked to the alleged scam.

In May, the ED had filed its seventh supplementary charge sheet in the case, naming Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as accused no.37 and no.38, respectively.

As per the PTI report, the court had issued a production warrant for Kejriwal and AAP on Tuesday after taking cognisance of the supplementary charge sheet.

AAP national secretary Pankaj Gupta represented the party before the court.

Delhi excise policy scam: Supreme Court grants Arvind Kejriwal interim bail

The Supreme Court on Friday granted Arvind Kejriwal interim bail in the money laundering case stemming from Delhi excise policy scam case. The Delhi Chief Minister, according to the PTI report, will continue to be in jail because the CBI has also arrested him.

The CBI, per the report, has arrested him in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

Reportedly, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred the questions cast over the legality of the Aam Aadmi Party's national convener arrest in the Delhi excise policy scam by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case to a larger bench.

According to the report, the top court had framed three questions related to power and policy of arrest by ED in the Delhi excise policy scam case and said Kejriwal would be released on interim bail in terms of the conditions in the order of May 10.

Kejriwal was arrested by ED in the run-up to Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on March 21 in connection with a money laundering case stemming from Delhi excise policy scam. The AAP leader, who had secured bail to campaign during polls, was arrested by CBI on June 26 in connection with a corruption case related to the alleged scam.

The matter pertains to the alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 which was later scrapped.

Other high-profile arrests made in the Delhi excise policy scam case include former deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia and BRS leader and former Telangana CM's daughter K Kavitha.