Ek badi rahat ke roop mein, Supreme Court ne BRS leader K Kavitha ko Delhi excise policy case mein bail di. Yeh order do-judge bench, Justice B.R. Gavai aur Justice K.V. Viswanathan ke dwara diya gaya. Bench ne Delhi High Court ke faisle ko galat maan kar usse ulat diya.
Supreme Court ne kaha, “Delhi High Court ka order jo kehta hai ki ek mahila ko bail ke liye relaxations nahi mil sakti bas isliye ki wo educated aur independent hai, yeh galat hai aur ise quash karna hoga.”
Court ne K Kavitha ko dono cases ke liye
10 lakh rupaye ke bail bonds submit karne ka adhesh diya. Unhe apna passport bhi surrender karna hoga, evidence ke saath chhedchhad ya trial ko influence karne se bachna hoga, aur trial mein cooperation karni hogi. Court ne yeh bhi spasht kiya ki iska faisla case ke merits par koi observation nahi hai aur na hi trial ke outcome ko influence karne ka prayaas hai.
Supreme Court ka yeh faisla CBI aur ED se 12 August ko Kavitha ke bail plea par prapt detailed response ke baad aaya. Senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, jo Kavitha ko represent kar rahe the, ne argue kiya ki wo paanch mahine se custody mein hain aur bail ke liye entitled hain. “Yeh lordships judgments ke Arvind Kejriwal aur Manish Sisodia case se covered hai,” Rohatgi ne Supreme Court bench se appeal kiya.
Kavitha ka Supreme Court mein appeal tab aaya jab Delhi High Court ne 1 July ko unki bail petition ko reject kar diya. High Court ne, Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma ke adhyakshata mein, unki plea ko meritless paaya aur dismiss kar diya.
Pehle, 6 May ko, CBI aur ED cases ke Special Judge, Judge Kaveri Baweja ne bhi Kavitha ke bail application ko reject kar diya tha, unke khilaaf sufficient material ko dekhte hue.
Kavitha ko pehle 15 March ko ED ke dwara Hyderabad ke residence se arrest kiya gaya tha. Uske baad, 11 April ko CBI ne unhe wapas arrest kiya. BRS leader, jo Telangana ke former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao ki beti hain, ne apni innocence banaye rakhi aur unka arrest power misuse ka daawa kiya.
Central agencies, CBI aur ED, ne Kavitha par bribery aur money laundering ka ilzam lagaya hai jo Delhi Excise Policy se juda hai. Unka kehna hai ki Kavitha ek “South Group” ka hissa thi jo ruling AAP ko favorable liquor licensing ke liye bade kickbacks de rahi thi.
Trial court ne pehle witness influence aur investigation mein interference ke concerns cite kiye the bail deny karne ke liye. ED ne argue kiya ki Kavitha ki release se evidence tampering aur witness manipulation ho sakti hai.
