A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the case related to the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to him in the liquor policy scam case.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra of Rouse Avenue Courts directed Kejriwal to furnish bail bond of Rs 15,000 and a surety of like amount.
The court listed the matter for hearing on April 1, when it will hear Kejriwal’s application under Section 207 of CrPC (supply to the accused copy of police report and other documents).
The ACMM further directed the ED to file reply to the application.
The agency added that Arvind Kejriwal was summoned to unearth the role of several people, including himself, who were involved in the alleged excise policy scam, and to trace the proceeds of the alleged crime.
The investigation agency is probing the alleged corruption in the Delhi excise policy 2021-22 and has already apprehended two senior members of the Aam Aadmi Party Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh and filed six charge sheets in the matter.
Though CM Kejriwal has been mentioned in the ED charge sheets, he has not been named as an accused either by ED or the CBI, which is conducting a parallel probe into the matter.