New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged excise policy scam case. The court asked Kejriwal to approach the trial court for his relief.
In the hearing, the High Court said it couldn't be said that Kejriwal's arrest by the CBI was without any justifiable reason. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna pronounced the hearing on Monday.
On July 17, the high court reserved its order on Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the CBI in the corruption case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. The court had reserved the order on the AAP leader's bail plea on July 29 after hearing arguments of the counsel for Kejriwal and CBI.
Challenging his arrest, Kejriwal's counsel had contended that it was an "insurance arrest" to ensure that he stays in prison. Calling his arrest a "sham", Kejriwal's lawyer had argued that the CBI did not want to arrest him and had no material to take him into custody, and the sequence of events made it clear that he was arrested to ensure that he remained in prison.