The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday. After this, after interrogation for about two hours, this arrest took place at 9 pm. According to ED officials, Arvind Kejriwal will be presented in the court today. Before the arrest, ED officials had given the arrest memo to CM Kejriwal and also read it out. But do you know what Arrest Momo is?
Arrest memo?
The rules for arresting any Chief Minister are different. CM is not arrested like common people. That is why, as per protocol, the ED team has given the CM the arrest memo to read before arresting him. Not only this, the officers had also read out this memo. According to the information, in the memo Arvind Kejriwal was told on which grounds he was being arrested.
arrest memo at the time of arrest
When an accused is arrested by the police or any investigating agency, the arrest memo is given to that person to read. The reason, time and date of the arrest are written in that arrest memo. Not only this, this arrest memo also has the signatures of two witnesses.
CM’s arrest
According to Article 361 of the Constitution, no Chief Minister can be arrested or detained in a civil case. But arrest may occur in criminal cases. CM Arvind Kejriwal has also been arrested under these rules.
Code of Civil Procedure 135
According to Code of Civil Procedure 135, the CM or a member of the Legislative Council is exempted from arrest in civil matters. However, it does not give such exemption in criminal cases. According to the information, before arresting the CM in a criminal case, it is necessary to take the approval of the Speaker of the Assembly. According to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) 1973, law enforcement agencies have the power to arrest any person against whom the court has issued an arrest warrant.
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