The Supreme Court today granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for 21 days in the money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam. The apex court asked the AAP chief to surrender on 2nd June, a day after the polling for the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections is scheduled to end.
Mr. Kejriwal had sought a release from jail to campaign for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. The Supreme Court also pointed out the Enforcement Directorate’s delay in arresting him. A bench, comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, said that the central probe agency had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report against Kejriwal in August 2022, but arrested him on 21st March, this year.
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