Excise Policy Case: Supreme Court Denies Interim Bail To Kejriwal, Issues Notice To CBI

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to CBI on requests of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking bail and challenging the Delhi High Court order upholding his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. The Top Court seeking its response from CBI by August 23 and refuses interim bail.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the petitions seeking bail and also challenging CM's arrest by the CBI.

On August 5, the High Court dismissed Kajriwal's bail plea and said there was no malice in the acts of the CBI which demonstrated how the AAP supremo could influence witnesses who could muster the courage to depose only after his arrest. The High Court directed him to apply for regular bail in the trial court regarding the CBI case.

"Also, it establishes that the loop of evidence against the petitioner got closed after the collection of relevant evidence after his arrest. No malice whatsoever can be gathered from the acts of the respondent (CBI)," the high court had said, PTI reported.