New Delhi: The Delhi high court will hear AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against arrest by the CBI, on Tuesday.
A bench led by Justice Neena Bansal Krishna will hear the Delhi chief minister’s petition.
The petition was filed on Monday.
Arvind Kejriwal, whom the Enforcement Directorate arrested on March 21 in the Delhi excise policy case, was arrested by the CBI in June.
The CBI’s action came days after a local court granted Arvind Kejriwal bail in the money laundering case linked to the excise policy case.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor has also challenged a June 26 order of the trial court by which he was remanded in the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) custody for three days.
On June 29, Kejriwal was sent to judicial custody till July 12 in the corruption case by the trial court, which said his name has surfaced as one of the main conspirators and as the investigation is still in progress, his further custodial interrogation may be required.
On June 26, the trial court refused to declare his arrest by the CBI illegal. The trial judge said the timing of the arrest may be “circumspect but it is not the clear criterion for declaring an arrest illegal”.
Delhi high court to hear Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against arrest today
