The Delhi High Court is likely to pass order later in the day on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s plea challenging his arrest by the CBI and seeking bail in the alleged excise policy scam case.
As the counsel for Kejriwal sought some clarity on when the order is expected, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said it is likely to be pronounced at 2:30 pm on Monday.
The high court had on July 17 reserved its order on Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the CBI in the corruption case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam.
The court had reserved the order on the AAP leader’s bail plea on July 29 after hearing arguments of the counsel for Kejriwal and CBI.
Challenging his arrest, Kejriwal’s counsel had contended that it was an “insurance arrest” to ensure that he stays in prison.
Calling his arrest a “sham”, Kejriwal’s lawyer had argued that the CBI did not want to arrest him and had no material to take him into custody, and the sequence of events made it clear that he was arrested to ensure that he remained in prison.
The counsel for the CBI had opposed both pleas of Kejriwal, and said terming his arrest an “insurance arrest” was unjustified and added that he was the ‘sutradhaar’ of the excise scam and there was evidence to show his involvement in the offence.