Supreme Court Denies Interim Bail to Delhi CM Kejriwal

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied to grant interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case linked to the Delhi liquor policy.

The apex court sought the CBI’s reply on Kejriwal’s bail plea and posted the matter for next hearing on August 23.

Arguing for Mr Kejriwal, Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi told the bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan that the AAP leader’s imprisonment “insurance arrest”.

The arrest of Mr Kejriwal by the CBI, 1 year and 10 months after the case was registered, was not tenable in law and smacked of mala fide, the senior lawyer told the court.

The Supreme Court, however, said, “Don’t say interim bail, we will not give interim bail.”

Earlier, on August 5, Delhi High Court upheld the arrest of Kejriwal and said there was no malice in the acts of the CBI and that the agency had demonstrated how the AAP leader could influence witnesses.