By – Aditi Gupta
On June 5, the Rouse Avenue Court will make a choice about Kejriwal’s request for interim bail. This implies that Kejriwal will have to turn him in tomorrow and return to Tihar Jail.
Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, filed a request seeking interim bail on medical reasons related with a money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy. The court did not offer him immediate relief, but instead delayed its decision on Saturday. Thus, Kejriwal would have to turn himself in on Sunday at Tihar Jail.
Judge Kaveri Baveja of Rouse Avenue Court stated that the ruling will be made on June 5. It’s important to note that Kejriwal’s emergency release, which the Supreme Court granted him to run for Lok Sabha seats, ends tonight, meaning he must report to jail tomorrow. In light of this aspect, senior attorney N Hariharan asked the trial court to make a decision on Kejriwal’s behalf today.
Hariharan stated, “It will be ineffective. I must have it by tomorrow. If not, I’ll have to give up.” “You have stated that you are not seeking an extension of interim bail,” the judge retorted. He reiterated that the directive will be issued on June 5th.
Kejriwal has applied to the trial court twice in distinct cases. While the other petition requests seven days of interim bail due to medical reasons, the first petition seeks regular bail. On June 7, his regular bail request is scheduled to be considered.
ED objects with provisional bail.
Kejriwal’s plea cannot be examined by the trial court since it cannot alter the decision of the Supreme Court on interim bail, according to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which objected to his interim bail on Saturday.
In a statement on behalf of the ED, Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta stated that Kejriwal had declared his plan to surrender yesterday. Is he giving up and taking a chance? I would like to know if his comments were sincere. We have some early concerns. He has been under pressure and false statements on his health have been made. Additionally, we object with the interim bail request. The Supreme Court’s order cannot be changed by this court.
Kejriwal was lying about his health, according to SG Mehta. Notably, Kejriwal had stated in his request for interim bail that he had lost six to seven kg of weight while in detention and that he would never be able to get it back.
According to Kejriwal, abrupt weight loss and elevated ketones may indicate cancer, major cardiac issues, or harm to the kidneys.
Today, SG Mehta denied this assertion and said that it is untrue that he has reduced seven kg. He actually put on one kilogram.
Standing on behalf of Kejriwal, senior counsel N Hariharan stated that he weighed 64 kg presently. He weighed 69 kg when he was taken into custody. The ED’s position that Kejriwal’s claims is false was later reaffirmed by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju.
When Raju arrived in Tihar, he claimed to weigh 64 kg. He claims to weigh 65 kg today. He now weighed one kilogram more. These are all only expressions of sympathy.
Hariharan protested to this right away, claiming that his weight was 69 kg when he was taken into ED custody.