India’s Supreme Court gives bail to Kejriwal
International Desk
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister and senior opposition politician Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case linked to the excise policy scam.
The relief to Kejriwal, head of the Aam Aadmi Party, was granted by a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan on a bail bond of Rs 10 lakh and two sureties.
The top court directed Kejriwal not to make any public comment on the merits of the case.
Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 in connection with the case relating to alleged money laundering in connection with a money laundering probe relating to alleged irregularities in the now-cancelled Delhi excise policy 2021-22. On June 26, he was arrested by CBI while he was in the custody of the anti-money laundering agency Enforcement Directorate in the excise case.
The Delhi government had come up with an excise policy in 2021-22 aiming to revitalize the city's liquor business by replacing the sales-volume-based regime with a license fee for traders.
