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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI file photograph)
Kejriwal had moved the excessive courtroom on July 1 difficult the choice of the Raus Avenue courtroom in Delhi on June 26 to ship him to CBI custody for 3 days
The Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Wednesday heard Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea in reference to the GST coverage case. In the course of the listening to, AAP Supremo’s attorneys argued that he “is the chief minister, not a terrorist” and can’t be granted bail.
The final listening to was held on July 2, throughout which Justice Neena Bansal Krishna directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to reply inside seven days.
Arvind Kejriwal not a terrorist: Lawyer
Kejriwal’s senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared throughout Wednesday’s bail listening to, mentioned he was not a terrorist and couldn’t be granted bail on the grounds of tampering with proof or fleeing the nation bail.
“The CBI FIR was filed in August 2022, during which Kejriwal’s title was not talked about. In April 2023, he was summoned as a witness underneath Part 160 of the Legal Process Code,” Singhvi instructed the courtroom.
“The Supreme Courtroom held that Kejriwal can not tamper with proof, in any other case he would fly to the UK after which the Supreme Courtroom would take a look at my sincerity,” he argued.
‘I used to be not heard’: Kejriwal arrested on June 26
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, showing for Arvind Kejriwal, mentioned: “The trial courtroom granted me (Arvind Kejriwal) common bail underneath PMLA on June 20 and 4 days later, the CBI ordered my judicial custody for questioning and on June 26 I used to be arrested. No discover was given and the order handed. I used to be not heard.
Kejriwal had moved the excessive courtroom on July 1 difficult the choice of the Deri Raus Avenue courtroom on June 26 to ship him to CBI custody for 3 days. He stays in judicial custody until July 25.
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation is probing Kejriwal over corruption allegations associated to liquor coverage. He was arrested from Tihar Jail on June 26, when he was already detained in a cash laundering case associated to the identical case.
Previous to this, he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 and remanded in custody by the Louth Avenue Courtroom.
