A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed an application for interim bail on medical grounds moved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja directed the Tihar jail authorities to take care of Kejriwal’s medical needs in judicial custody. The judge also extended Kejriwal’s judicial custody till June 19. The court is scheduled to take up on June 7 Kejriwal’s application seeking default bail in the case.
A court Saturday had reserved for June 5 its order on an application moved by Chief Minster and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal seeking interim bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.
The case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government’s now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22.
The top court had on May 10 granted 21-day interim bail to the chief minister to enable him to campaign during the Lok Sabha polls. It had directed him to surrender on June 2, a day after the last phase of the seven-phase poll gets over.
Kejriwal campaigned in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi and Maharashtra after being released from the Tihar jail.
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No relief for CM Kejriwal on interim bail petition, court extends judicial custody till June 19
