CBI questions Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar jail, may arrest him

The CBI questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar jail on Tuesday. The agency examined Kejriwal in the jail and recorded his statement related to the excise policy case, ANI news agency reported quoting the agency.

The CBI will produce Kejriwal before the concerned trial court on Wednesday, following which the Delhi CM may be arrested. This comes ahead of the Supreme Court’s hearing on his bail in the ED’s money laundering case.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court stayed the trial court’s bail order for Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the alleged scam.

While pronouncing the order, the trial court held that the lower court did not "appropriately appreciate" the material placed before it by the Enforcement Directorate.

A vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain said the ED's contentions assailing the bail order required serious consideration.

"The Vacation (trial) Judge while passing the Impugned Order did not appropriately appreciate the material/documents submitted on record and pleas taken by ED and the averments/grounds as raised in the petition under section 439(2) of the Code require serious consideration," it said.

"Accordingly, the present application is allowed and the operation of the Impugned Order is stayed," the court said.

The trial court, presided over by vacation judge Niyay Bindu, had granted bail to Kejriwal on June 20 and ordered his release on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.

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