• By Mayukh Debnath
  • Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:01 AM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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Liqour Policy Case: The Delhi High Court will hear on Tuesday a plea moved by Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal against his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The petition, which was filed on Monday, has been listed for hearing before Justice Neena Bansal Krishna.

Kejriwal has also challenged the trial court's June 26 order, which remanded him to a three-day CBI custody and also upheld his arrest by the probe agency legal. On Saturday, the trial court sent him to judicial custody till July 12 in connection with the corruption case.

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Kejriwal CBI Arrest: Probe Agency's Charge

In its submission before the trial court, the CBI alleged that Arvind Kejriwal did not co-operate with the investigation and deliberately gave evasive replies, which the agency said were contrary to the evidences on record. On the other hand, Kejriwal, in his fresh plea before the high court, has claimed tha the CBI acted with malice to create a false basis for arrest.

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No proper justification or reasoning was provided for the arrest, especially considering the investigation has been ongoing for two years, Arvind Kejriwal has said in his petition before the high court. The AAP chief was arrested by the CBI on June 26 from Delhi's Tihar Jail, where he was lodged in judicial custody in connection with the Enforcement Directorate's probe into the money-laundering aspect of the excise policy "scam".

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While refusing to declare Kejriwal's arrest by CBI illegal, the trial court on June 26 said that "the timing may be circumspect but it is not the clear criterion for declaring an arrest illegal". "Investigation is the prerogative of the investigating agency, however, there are certain safeguards provided in the law and at this stage, on the material on record, it cannot be said that the arrest is illegal. The agency, however, should not be overzealous," the trial court was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

(With inputs from agencies)