The Delhi High Court is set to pass an order tomorrow, June 25, regarding the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea challenging the bail granted to Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case related to the now-scrapped Delhi excise scam.
The order is scheduled to be pronounced at 2:30 p.m.
On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) submitted written arguments to the Delhi High Court, opposing any relief for Arvind Kejriwal in the Excise Policy money laundering case.
The ED has argued that the trial court’s order was “perverse,” “one-sided,” and “wrong-sided,” with findings based on irrelevant facts. The agency is seeking to overturn the trial court’s decision, contending that the vacation judge made erroneous findings in nearly every paragraph of the order and neglected crucial prosecution evidence.
According to the ED, the judge failed to review new evidence gathered after 2023, including statements from 13 Angariyas, Goa AAP workers, and AAP office bearers, which the ED considers significant in the case against Kejriwal.
Arvind Kejriwal, the AAP national convenor, was arrested on March 21 by the ED. He could have been released from Tihar jail had the high court not granted interim relief to the central anti-money laundering agency.
The trial court granted bail to Kejriwal on June 20, ordering his release on a personal bond of ₹1 lakh and imposing conditions that he must not hamper the investigation or influence witnesses.
The excise policy was scrapped in 2022 after the Delhi lieutenant governor ordered a CBI probe into alleged irregularities and corruption in its formulation and execution.
