Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by a Delhi court on Saturday in relation to two allegations brought by the Enforcement Directorate against him for allegedly ignoring summonses in a money laundering case involving the fictitious Delhi excise policy.
He was eventually granted bail by the city’s Rouse Avenue Court in the agency’s case for not responding to its summonses. Kejriwal made his first in-person court appearance in relation to the case at this time. At the last hearing, he appeared via video conferencing.
Kejriwal has been the subject of two complaints from the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly ignoring their requests to participate in the investigation of the Delhi excise policy issue. It seeks to record Arvind Kejriwal’s remarks on matters such as policy formulation, pre-finalization meetings, and bribery claims.
Kejriwal, meanwhile, has been ignoring the summonses, claiming they are unlawful and politically driven. When the Delhi Chief Minister ignored the Enforcement Directorate’s numerous summonses in the suspected Delhi excise policy fraud, he broke Section 174 of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with violating a lawful order to be at a specified place in person or by agent.
The ₹50,000 bond and surety bond that Arvind Kejriwal was ordered to provide by the court. After providing both bonds, Kejriwal was given permission to go. Following that, we submitted a request for copies under sections 207 and 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The date for the reply and arguments is set for April 1.
