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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by the CBI from Tihar Jail on Tuesday in connection with the liquor policy case, reports jagran.com. The CBI interrogated Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail on Monday and recorded his statement related to the excise policy case. The CBI has also got permission to present Arvind Kejriwal in the concerned trial court on Wednesday. The arrest by the probe agency comes a day ahead hearing in the Supreme Court.

A statement has also come from the Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Singh. He alleged that the BJP's central government is hatching a big conspiracy against Arvind Kejriwal. A conspiracy is being hatched to arrest Arvind Kejriwal in a fake case by the CBI, he added.

In a video message on X, Singh wondered how would one get justice when such things are happening.

"We have learnt from reliable sources that the BJP-led Centre has hatched a conspiracy with CBI officers at a time when there is a huge possibility of Kejriwal getting bail from the Supreme Court. They have planned to frame him in a fake case by the CBI and get him arrested.

"The entire country is watching the atrocities of the BJP. How will one get justice in such circumstances? People will stand up against this," the Rajya Sabha MP of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said. 

Earlier in the day, Delhi High Court stayed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail order passed by the trial court, saying that the trial court should have at least recorded its satisfaction with the fulfilment of twin conditions of section 45 of Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before passing the impugned order.

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The bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain in the order stated, "The Court ought to maintain a delegate balance between a judgment of acquittal and conviction and order granting bail much before commencement of trial. The Court is not supposed to weigh the evidence meticulously. However, the Vacation Judge in the impugned Order has not discussed the requirement of section 45 of PMLA while passing the impugned Order. The trial court should have at least recorded its satisfaction with the fulfilment of the twin conditions of section 45 of PMLA before passing the impugned order."

"The perusal of the Impugned Order reflects that the Vacation Judge has passed the Impugned order without going through and appreciating the entire material brought on record by the rival parties which reflects perversity in Impugned Order," observed Delhi HC while dealing with the arguments made by ED counsel, stating that impugned Order passed by trial Judge has observed that it is not possible to go through thousands of pages of documents filed by the respective parties but the court must work upon the matter whichever comes for consideration and passed the order per law.

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The bench had reserved the order on June 21 after the agency challenged the trial court's decision, which has been put on hold until the ruling. Meanwhile, the Court has already fixed the main matter for July, where ED challenged the trial court order granting Arvind Kejriwal regular bail in the case.

Kejriwal was arrested by the ED in March in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. On May 10, the top court granted him interim bail to participate in the election campaigning in the lok sabha and directed him to surrender by June 2.

(With input from agencies)