Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea Hearing: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has to surrender before Tihar Jail authorities tomorrow i.e. on June 2 in connection with the money laundering case of the alleged liquor scam related to the Delhi Excise Policy. Before that, a Delhi court heard his interim bail plea today (Saturday, June 1), the decision of which will come on June 5. He will have to surrender before that.
During this time, ED showed the video of Arvind Kejriwal in which Kejriwal was going to the house of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for a meeting. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that Arvind Kejriwal is trying to mislead. Last Friday, he held a press conference and said that he is going to surrender on June 2 and is also applying for bail at the same time. Apart from this, SG Mehta said that Arvind was continuously holding rallies instead of getting a medical test done. This means that he is not sick. The claim of losing 7 kg weight is wrong, rather Arvind’s weight had increased by one kg.
The court summoned Kejriwal’s lawyer for arguments
Regarding this, Kejriwal’s lawyer Hariharan said that is the ED trying to suggest that a person who is ill or whose medical condition is bad will not get any treatment? This is my right under Article 21. He further said that the Supreme Court had given us the freedom to file a bail application, on the same basis we have sought regular and interim bail. Hariharan also said that he has no information about Kejriwal’s statement.
Hariharan said that the Constitution says that there should be free and fair elections. My party is one of the six national parties. I am a star campaigner, I have to go to different parts of the country. I got bail for campaigning, if I had not done so, they would have said that you did not campaign even for a day. So I campaigned even in this situation.
He said that Kejriwal was not given insulin in the jail for 20 days. An application had to be made for this and an expert was appointed. Insulin was given only after the expert agreed.
‘Arvind is misleading the court’
At the same time, ASG Raju said that this interim bail was only for election campaign. He has to surrender on June 2. The Supreme Court did not say anywhere in its previous order that Arvind can file a petition demanding extension of his interim bail. As far as the question of regular bail is concerned, he should be in custody. As of today, he is not in custody.
He further said that we are not saying that interim bail cannot be granted. We are saying that without following section 45 PMLA, this court cannot grant interim bail. He could have sought bail in the Supreme Court on the basis of health. It is wrong to say that he has lost weight. But his weight has increased.
ASG Raju said that his test can be done in an hour or even less. This test does not last for many days. Kejriwal’s blood has not been tested, only urine has been tested. He is saying that my condition is not good but you see he is continuously campaigning for elections. He is campaigning for many hours.
In the court, ED’s lawyer said that Kejriwal says that his ketone level has increased. Kidney is not the only reason for increased ketone level. If there is an infection in the urinary tract, it can increase. He does not have kidney disease. Kidney disease requires dialysis. This is all his imagination. All this is a lie. The urine report is of May 20, the consultation with the doctor is of May 24. He did not consult the doctor for four days. We will provide Arvind all kinds of medical facilities in the jail and if there is a need to take him to AIIMS, we will take him there as well.
On this, the court asked Kejriwal’s lawyer Hariharan how much time do all these tests take and what is the justification for 7 days.
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