Money laundering case: AAP to move Supreme Court to stay Kejriwal’s bail order

Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the court on June 20. (File Photo)

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday said it disagrees with the Delhi High Court’s order suspending the bail granted by the court to Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal and will challenge it in the Supreme Court.

The Delhi High Court earlier in the day stayed the trial court’s order granting bail to Kejriwal in the money laundering case arising out of the alleged Delhi excise tax scam.

A vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain said the court had not appreciated the material placed before it by the Enforcement Directorate and had not applied its views while deciding the AAP leader’s bail plea.

The judge also believes that the court should have given the organization sufficient opportunity to argue its case.

Reacting to the development, the AAP said they will approach the apex court.

“We do not agree with the order of the Delhi High Court. We will challenge it in the Supreme Court,” the party said.

The court had granted bail to Kejriwal on June 20 and ordered his release on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.

The ED moved the Supreme Court the next day, arguing that the court’s order was “perverse”, “one-sided” and “wrong” and that its findings were based on irrelevant facts.

The excise policy was scrapped in 2022 after the Delhi Lieutenant Governor ordered a CBI probe into alleged irregularities and corruption in its formulation and implementation.

According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed in changing the excise policy and unlawful favors were given to the license holders.

First print: June 25, 2024 | 3:49 PM IST