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In the liquor policy case, ED presented the seventh supplementary chargesheet in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday. In this 208-page chargesheet, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was described as the mastermind and conspirator of the case. The chargesheet said that the money received from the scam was spent on the Aam Aadmi Party.
The ED said in its chargesheet that Kejriwal spent this money in AAP’s election campaign in the 2022 Goa elections. It has been claimed that Kejriwal had demanded a bribe of Rs 100 crore from the members of the South Group for the contract to sell liquor, out of which Rs 45 crore was spent on the Goa elections.
The ED asserted that Kejriwal claimed that AAP’s former media in-charge and co-accused in the case Vijay Nair worked under ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj and not him. It also claimed that the CM said Durgesh Pathak was the state in-charge of Goa and managed the funds and that he himself had no role in decisions related to funds and that he did not receive bribe from Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader K Kavita.
Kejriwal said in the High Court- Cancellation of bail is like failure of justice
Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21. (File)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in his reply filed in the High Court on Wednesday (July 10)- Cancelling my bail is akin to failure of justice. I have been a victim of witch hunt. In fact, deliberately harassing a person is called being a victim of witch hunt. It can also be a political opponent.
During the hearing in the High Court, Kejriwal said- During ED custody, the investigating officer did not conduct any specific interrogation. Illegal arrest has been made to harass and humiliate a political opponent.
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna’s bench has now asked ED to file a reply on the matter. The next hearing of the case will be on July 15. Apart from ED, a CBI case is also going on against Kejriwal. CBI arrested him on June 26 for corruption in the liquor policy.
Kejriwal was arrested by ED on 21 March in connection with the money laundering case in the liquor policy. He was granted bail by the trial court on 20 June. ED had appealed against this in the High Court. The High Court had stayed the trial court’s decision on 25 June.
Kejriwal said- the trial court had given the verdict on the basis of discretion
Kejriwal said that the arguments of ED were not legal. ED’s arguments reflect an attitude of insensitivity. There is no case against him under Section 3 of PMLA. And his life and liberty should be protected from a false and malicious case.
Kejriwal said- ED pressurized other co-accused and extracted such statements from them which benefited ED in the case. The bail order of the trial court was not only logical but also shows that the decision was given on the basis of discretion on the arguments of both the sides.
There is no evidence to prove that AAP has received bribe from South Group. This bribe was far from being used in Goa elections. AAP did not get even a single rupee. There is no concrete evidence to prove the allegation made in this regard.
While staying the bail, the High Court said- the trial court did not use discretion
The High Court said that the arguments were not properly argued, hence the decision of the Rouse Avenue Court is set aside. Looking at the decision, it seems that discretion was not used while granting bail to Kejriwal. The trial court’s comment cannot be considered, it is completely inappropriate. It shows that the trial court has not applied its mind on the material.
It was strongly argued that the judge did not consider the double condition of Section 45 PMLA. The trial court should not give any decision which is contrary to the decision of the High Court. The trial court has also not considered the argument of Section 70 PMLA.
5 things about Rouse Avenue Court’s bail order…
- The ED does not have enough evidence to proceed against Kejriwal. It is taking time to obtain evidence by any means. This is what forces the court to take a decision against the investigating agency that it is not working without bias.
- Rouse Avenue Court judge Nyaya Bindu said that ED is silent on some issues raised by Kejriwal, such as his name is not in the CBI case or the ECIR FIR. The allegations against Kejriwal have come to light after the statements of some co-accused. The court referred to the quote of Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of America – ‘It is better to let 100 guilty people go free than to punish one innocent person.’
- It is also a big fact that Kejriwal has not been summoned by the court till date, yet he is still in judicial custody at the behest of ED on the pretext of ongoing investigation. ED has failed to clarify how much time it needs to trace the entire amount.
- It is also notable that the ED is silent on how the proceeds of crime were used by the Aam Aadmi Party in the Goa assembly elections and even after almost 2 years, a major chunk of the total amount is yet to be traced.
- There is also a possibility that some of Kejriwal’s acquaintances may be involved in some crime or know some third person involved in the crime, but ED has not been able to provide any clear evidence against them regarding the proceeds of crime.
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