Excise Policy Case: Will Arvind Kejriwal get bail or remain in jail, Delhi HC will give its decision shortly

Delhi High Court will give its decision on Tuesday on whether Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will get bail or will remain in jail. The High Court reserved its decision last Friday after hearing the application of ED and also put an interim stay on the lower court's decision to grant regular bail.

The court had given the said stay while hearing the petition filed by ED seeking a stay on regular bail. On its petition, the Enforcement Directorate filed a written reply in the Delhi High Court on Monday and informed that the lower court's order to grant bail was based on distorted conclusions.

ED raised questions on the decision of the lower court

ED had argued that Rouse Avenue's vacation judge Nyay Bindu did not consider the material presented by the investigating agency regarding the crime. The agency argued that apart from this, the court did not allow ED to properly cross-examine the case.

At the same time, in the written reply filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the matter, it was said that on June 14, the vacation judge before whom the case was listed, his working day was one day. In such a situation, on the consent of both parties, the case was listed before the vacation judge sitting on June 19, whose working days were of two days.

ED had presented cross-examination for 1 hour 15 minutes

The note said that on June 19, Kejriwal was cross-examined for one hour and ED for two hours. After this, during the hearing on June 20, ED presented its cross-examination for one hour and 15 minutes. Cross-examination took place for five hours and 30 minutes in the entire case and the investigating agency also filed its written reply before the court.

After this, after considering all the material, the court decided to grant regular bail. It said that Kejriwal had no direct contact with Vijay Nair and Vinod Chauhan. Not only this, ED does not have any proof of spending money in the Goa elections.