Arvind Kejriwal, ex-Chief Minister of Delhi, has appealed to the Delhi High Court. He has requested the court to shut down the liquor scam-related cases. Kejriwal has disputed the trial court’s acceptance of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) complaint. He has claimed that there was no authorization for this. He has also disputed the lower court’s decision to acknowledge the ED’s charge sheet. Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister, has requested for the trial court proceedings against him to be halted without any delay.
The petition claims that the trial court judge made a mistake by acknowledging the offense under Section 3 of PMLA in the mentioned order. Obtaining prior sanction under Section 197 (1) of the CrPC is required for prosecution. However, the ED has not taken that action in his situation. The petition emphasizes the importance of this due to Arvind Kejriwal’s status as a public servant (Chief Minister) during the alleged misconduct.
ED and CBI claim that Arvind Kejriwal and his colleagues unlawfully received advantages from liquor vendors and accepted bribes from them as a result. This money was allocated for the elections in Punjab and Goa. Kejriwal was taken into custody in this matter on 21 March of the current year. On 12 July 2024, the Supreme Court approved temporary release for Arvind Kejriwal in the ED case. However, he was unable to be released from prison in the CBI matter. Afterwards, on September 13, he was also given bail by the Supreme Court in the CBI case.
He was unable to be released from prison in 1999. On 13 September, the Supreme Court later approved his bail in the CBI case too. In addition to Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and party leader Vijay Nair were also required to be imprisoned in this matter. All of these leaders have been granted bail by the court. The upcoming court session for this case is scheduled for November 21 at the Delhi High Court.