Arvind Kejriwal to head back to Tihar jail: Delhi court to pronounce 'medical' bail order on June 5
Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday said it would pronounce on June 5 the order on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in the ED's money laundering probe. Kejriwal's bail ends on June 1 following which he will have to surrender on tomorrow, i.e., June 2.
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Special Judge Kaveri Baweja reserved the order, observing that the application was for grant of interim bail on medical grounds and not for the extension of the interim bail granted by the SC.
Arguing against giving Kejriwal a bail extension, ED told the court that Kejriwal has suppressed facts and made false statements, including about his health. Kejriwal's counsel argued that the CM is ill and needs medical treatment.
The Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor was arrested by the central investigative agency on March 21 in their money laundering investigation in the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy.
The chief minister was earlier granted interim bail by the Supreme Court and it ends on June 1.
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Kejriwal on Thursday moved the court seeking a bail after the SC refused to give an extension as the order was already reserved on challenge to arrest. On May 28, the Rouse Avenue Court reserved the order on cognizance point on ED's Supplementary chargesheet (prosecution complaint) filed against
