NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy scam case.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, however, gave separate opinions on the validity of the arrest made by the CBI on June 26, 2024.
Justice Kant found no procedural infirmity in arrest of a person already in custody.
Justice Bhuyan , however, said the timing of his arrest raised more questions than answers. He said it appeared that the CBI got activated only when a regular bail was granted to him in the money laundering case, investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.
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He held the belated arrest was unjustified and wholly untenable.
CBI must not only be above board but must be seen to be so. It should dispel the notion that the agency is a caged parrot, he said.
I fail to understand the great urgency shown by the CBI to arrest him when he was on cusp of release, he said.
Both the judges, however, ordered Kejriwal to be released on personal bond of Rs 10 lakh and two sureties of the equal amount.
Kejriwal was arrested by the CBI on June 26 in the FIR lodged on August 20, 2022. He was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on July 12 in the money laundering case, investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.
