Supreme Court ne Arvind Kejriwal ko bail de di hai, jo corruption case mein CBI dwara arrest hue the, excise policy scam se juda. Supreme Court ki 2 judge bench, Justices Surya Kant aur Ujjal Bhuyan ne 5 September ko sunvayi ke baad, aaj apna faisla sunaya. Dono ne Kejriwal ko bail dene ka faisla liya.
Arvind Kejriwal ko 26 June, 2024
ko CBI ne formally arrest kiya tha jab wo Enforcement Directorate (ED) ki custody mein the, money laundering ke maamle mein, jo excise policy scam se juda hua hai. Court ne Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ke chief ko bail par 10 lakh rupees ka bond aur do surety mangi.
Court ne Kejriwal ko case ke merits par public comments se bachne ko kaha. Court ka kehna tha ki case ki trial jaldi complete hone ki sambhavna kam hai aur Kejriwal ke taraf se kisi tarah ka tampering hone ka darr nahin hai.
Judges ne CBI ke arrest par apne vichar diye. Justice Surya Kant ne kaha CBI ka arrest legal tha, jabki Justice Bhuyan ne is baat se asahmati dikhayi aur kaha ki CBI ne sirf Kejriwal ko ED case mein bail undermind karne ke liye arrest kiya.
Justice Bhuyan ne CBI ke actions ko criticize karte hue kaha ki 22 mahine ke baad, jab Kejriwal ED case mein release hone waale the, tabhi CBI ne arrest kiya, jo ‘unjustified’ tha. Unhone kaha, “Kejriwal ko ED case mein bail mil chuki hai, toh unka CBI dwara aur detention bilkul galat hai.”
Bhuyan ne CBI ko apni credibility sabit karne ki baat kahi aur kaha ki sirf evasive replies dena arrest ka base nahin ho sakta. Non-cooperation self-incrimination ka matlab nahin hai.
Court ne kaha ki ED case mein jo conditions lagayi gayi thi, wahi is case mein bhi lagu hongi, par Justice Bhuyan ne is par apni reservations rakhi ki Kejriwal ko CM office se door rakha gaya aur unhe files sign karne ki anumati nahin di gayi.
Kejriwal ko SC ne pehle hi 12 July ko bail de di thi ED case mein jo excise policy scam se juda hai. Kejriwal ne SC mein do petitions file ki thi, apne arrest aur bail denial ke khilaf, jo Delhi High Court ke faisle ko challenge karti thi.
Kejriwal ke vakil, Abhishek Manu Singhvi ne arrest ko ‘illegal’ aur ‘arbitrary’ batate hue kaha tha ki arrest ke liye kuch safeguards hone chahiye, lekin ASG SV Raju ne is baat ka virodh kiya aur kaha ki case ko alag tarike se treat nahin karna chahiye sirf isliye kyunki Kejriwal ek influential aadmi hain.
CBI ne kaha ki Kejriwal, jo ek prominent politician hain, witness ko influence kar sakte hain aur evidence ko tamper karne ka bhi khatra hai.
Excise policy ko 2022 mein scrap kar diya gaya jab Delhi Lieutenant Governor ne alleged irregularities ke liye CBI probe order kiya. CBI aur ED ka kehna hai ki policy ko modify karne mein irregularities thi aur kuch license holders ko undue favour diya gaya.
Is bail order ke baad, Kejriwal ka case ab agle stages par jayega jab tak trial complete nahi hoti, aur filhaal unhe relief mil gayi hai.
