NEW DELHI, May 10:
In a big relief to embattled Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him interim bail in a money laundering case at the peak of the election season but barred him from visiting his office or the Delhi Secretariat and signing official files unless absolutely necessary for obtaining the Lieutenant Governor’s approval.
Setting him free for 21 days to campaign for the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha elections after 50 days of custody in the money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam, the court said he shall surrender on June 2, a day after the last phase of the seven-phase poll gets over.
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Whie imposing a string of bail conditions on Kejriwal, the apex court directed him to furnish bail bonds of Rs 50,000 with one surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Jail Superintendent.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta rejected the vehement argument of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) counsel that enlarging Kejriwal on interim bail to campaign in the elections will be without a precedent.
The court did not concur with his contention that interim bail to the AAP national convenor for campaigning would be like giving “premium of placing the politicians in a benefic position compared to ordinary citizens of this country”. (PTI)
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