Arvind Kejriwal’s Judicial Custody Extended Amidst Ongoing Delhi Excise Policy Case

Arvind Kejriwal’s Judicial Custody Extended Until August 20 as Delhi Court Reviews Allegations in Delhi Excise Policy Case

Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister, will stay in judicial custody till August 20 as the Delhi court remanded him on Thursday. This extension has arrived in the course of an investigation into alleged anomalies in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy of 2021-22, a probe carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

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This envisaged judicial remand of Kejriwal, who was arrested on June 29 by the CBI, was conducted in a virtual mode before the Special Judge Kaveri Baweja. However, Kejriwal remains in custody under charges by CBI while his temporary release from prison under some conditions in a related Enforcement Directorate (ED) case is only a recent Supreme Court bail just a few weeks back.

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The discord started when the ED arrested Kejriwal on March 21, following the Delhi High Court denying him interim bails against arrest. This led to his arrest by the CBI on June 26 and he was placed in judicial custody. The CBI filed its fourth supplementary charge-sheet on July 30 which includes Kejriwal’s name as accused number three in the conspiracy. This charge sheet is set for the next discussion on August 12.

The applicants, including AAP leader Kejriwal who applied for bails in the CBI case, could not be accommodated after the Delhi High Court rejected his appeals on August 5. This brings the total of AAP leaders apprehended to three after the arrest of former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh both implicated in this high-profile sting operation.

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