New Delhi: Delay in completing the investigation, bail being the rule and jail being the exception, the prosecution not opposing pleas, and ‘erroneous’ reading of the law — these are some of the reasons why bail was granted to several persons accused in the Delhi excise policy case over the past several months.
Since former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was granted bail by the Supreme Court on August 9 in both the CBI and ED cases, a series of bail orders have followed — at least four key people accused in the case got bail in September alone.
In addition to the CBI’s corruption case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a separate money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. Arvind Kejriwal was previously arrested by the ED on March 21 in connection with this case, which is also under scrutiny.
The Delhi High Court’s decision on August 5 allowed Arvind Kejriwal to approach a trial court for bail in the excise policy case. The High Court upheld Kejriwal’s arrest, indicating that the evidence collected was sufficient to justify his detention and that the arrest was not without legal basis.
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