New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appeared before a court in the national capital in the Enforcement Directorate summons case.
The city’s Rouse Avenue Court later granted him bail in the case filed by the agency for skipping its summonses. This was the first time Kejriwal appeared before the court physically, in connection with the case. At the last hearing, he appeared via video conferencing.
The Enforcement Directorate has filed two complaints against Kejriwal for disobeying their summons to join the probe in the Delhi excise policy case. It wants to record Arvind Kejriwal’s statement on topics like the formulation of policy, meetings held before it was finalized and allegations of bribery.
However, Kejriwal has been skipping the summonses, saying they were illegal and politically motivated.
“The court directed him (Arvind Kejriwal) to furnish a bond and surety bond for the sum of ₹50,000. Both bonds were furnished and Kejriwal was allowed to go. After that we moved an application for supply of copies under 207 and 91 CrPC for which reply and arguments – the date is fixed for April 1,” advocate Ramesh Gupta told.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said Arvind Kejriwal should follow the law.
“He has got bail on a bail bond of ₹15,000 in the case of complaints filed by ED. He is on bail and has been asked by the court to respond to the ED summons and obey the law. Following the law is appropriate for a person who has taken the oath of the Constitution,” he added.
AAP leader Reena Gupta said there is no evidence against Kejriwal.
“We have been saying from the start that this is a political vendetta & is a baseless case. No evidence has been found,” she said.
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