A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the complaints moved by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for not complying with the summons issued to him in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam.
Kejriwal appeared before the Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday and was granted bail on personal bond of Rs 15,000. Kejriwal’s lawyer Ramesh Gupta requested the court to allow Kejriwal to leave and continue the arguments. ED did not object to the request.
This comes after a Delhi court on Friday rejected Arvind Kejriwal’s plea to stay summons on complaints filed by the ED and asked him to appear before it on Saturday.
Kejriwal had challenged the summons issued by the magistrate court after taking cognizance of two complaints filed by the ED for avoidance of summons issued to him.
The CM had moved the sessions court against the order passed by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra asking him to appear before her on March 16.
The ED filed two complaints before the magisterial court seeking Kejriwal’s prosecution for skipping multiple summonses issued to him in the case.
The latest complaint pertains to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor not honouring summonses no.4 to 8 sent by the federal probe agency under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), ED said.
The ED had earlier moved the magisterial court seeking Kejriwal’s prosecution for not attending the first three summonses issued to him in the money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.
Kejriwal has till date skipped eight summonses issued by the agency.
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