New Delhi , September 5 : The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the pleas filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking bail and challenging the Delhi High Court's order upholding his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam.
After hearing counsels representing Kejriwal and CBI, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan reserved the order.
During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for CBI, objected to Kejriwal for not approaching the trial court for bail. Kejriwal had directly approached the Delhi High Court for bail and then moved to the apex court.
"He approached the High Court without going to the Sessions Court. This is my preliminary objection. On merits, the trial court could have seen it first. The High Court was made to see merits and it can only be in exceptional cases. In ordinary cases, session’s court has to be approached first," ASG told the bench.
Raju said Kejriwal seems to be an "extraordinary person" who requires a different approach. "He is an influential political personality. All other 'aam aadmis' have to go to the sessions court," ASG added.
Raju further said that if Kejriwal comes out on bail, witnesses will turn hostile. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, told the bench that the Supreme Court had released him twice, once in May to campaign for election and second time he was granted interim bail in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy case. (ANI)
