The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Police to file its response by August 21 on the plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal`s aide Bibhav Kumar for grant of bail in the AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal assault case.

Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the Delhi Police, told a bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan that he needed three weeks` time to file a reply.