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Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: It is strange police were restrained by a court from arresting former Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa, while Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren -- both arrested in separate cases -- were being treated like any "Tom, Dick or Harry", Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said Friday, reported news agency PTI.

In a post on X, Sibal said, "Judge: Granted anticipatory bail in alleged sexual abuse case to Yediurappa saying: He is no Tom, Dick or Harry. H D Ravanna granted bail in alleged kidnapping case."

"Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren regarded as Tom, Dick or Harry! Strange," the senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association president said.

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Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a mockery of the justice system after the Delhi High Court put on hold the trial court order granting bail to CM Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam, reported news agency PTI.

Taking to X, Singh said in a post in Hindi, "Look at the hooliganism of the Modi government, the trial court's order has not yet come, even a copy of the order has not been received, so Modi's ED reached the High Court to challenge which order? What is happening in this country?

"Modi ji, why are you making a mockery of the justice system? The whole country is watching you?" the AAP MP said.

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Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal lashed out at the ED for challenging her husband's bail order in the high court, accusing it of acting as if the AAP national convener was the "most wanted terrorist in India", reported news agency PTI.

"It was only yesterday your chief minister got bail. In the morning, the order was supposed to be uploaded. Even before the order was uploaded, the ED approached the Delhi High Court. This happened as if Kejriwal is the most wanted terrorist in India," Sunita Kejriwal said.

"Dictatorship in the country has crossed all limits. The ED does not want to give anyone liberty and has gone to the high court against the chief minister demanding a stay (on his bail). The high court's decision is yet to come. We hope the high court will deliver justice," she added.

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Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Your lordships is not letting out any terrorist, Chaudhari says.

He says that Kejriwal did not violate bail conditions while being out on bail.

Chaudhari says that ED’s view is “my way or the highway” and the trial court’s order is a view which is not palatable to the ED.

Chaudhari ends his submissions

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Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Chaudhari points out that a specific question was earlier put to Magunta Reddy and he had said that he never met Kejriwal with regards to excise policy but he when turned the turtle, his son got bail.

The senior lawyer points out that one of the biggest factor which has gone into trial court’s mind while granting bail is Kejriwal being arrested after the boggle of elections was blown.

It’s not a one page order. It has dealt with everything, Chaudhari says. He adds that the learned judge has “taken pains. This order is most well formulated & it in all spheres will qualify the test of justice,” Chaudhari says.

He says that excise policy is a case where the probe is pending since 2022.

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Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Singhvi ends his argument.

Senior advocate Vikram Chaudhari also for Kejriwal commences his submissions.

Chaudhuri points out to trial court’s observation that ED has failed to clarify as to how much time it will require to trace the money trail. He says that the trial court order is not worth staying.

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Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) failed to provide direct evidence linking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the proceeds of crime in the money laundering case against him, according to a Delhi court order granting him bail.

The order, passed on Thursday, has been stayed by the Delhi High Court following an appeal by the ED. The trial court order was made public on Friday.

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Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: ‘So my lords, it’s is a complete misunderstanding as to how trial court judge is to be read,’ Singhvi says.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Singhvi says that the Supreme Court while reserving verdict in Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest and remand had “expressly” stated that Kejriwal can approach trial court for bail. “If justice Sharma’s order was final, I ask myself a question why did the Supreme Court grant express liberty?”, Singhvi says.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Singhvi points out that HC's ruling dealt with the legality of the arrest and remand. He says that HC's verdict was challenged in the Supreme Court. “My friend has argued as if justice Swarna Kanta Sharma’s judgement is final. It is being considered by SC. If the arrest is bad, all other steps are irrelevant. It is the last word of SC which will come in July and not Justice Sharma’s,” Singhvi says.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Singhvi says that ED's approach that the trial court should’ve heard the probe agency “endlessly” and would written an essay while writing the order is deplorable, sad, it can come from a private body. “It should never come from a government authority but for long statutory objectivity of statutory body is lost as far as ED is concerned,” Singhvi adds.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Credibility of the statements under section 50 of PMLA cannot be gone into at the stage of bail. At the stage of bail even 161 CrPC statements are looked out. Here there are statements under section 50 PMLA which are “admissible in evidence.” The law officer says that the ED is not even relying on statements but also documentary evidence. Raju says that Kejriwal has close relations with an Angadiya owner Vinod Chauhan. “We have evidence to show that money was transferred by Vinod Chauhan to Sagar Patel. We have chats b/w AAP persons who were dealing with the campaign & the Angadiya’s. We have phone calls that took place between these two people,” Raju says. The law officer says that it has “documentary evidence” to show that money was paid by co accused Chanpreet Singh for Kejriwal’s hotel stay in Goa.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Raju says that trial court’s order is silent with regard to EDs contention that Kejriwal is vicariously liable for the money laundering offence committed by Aam Aadmi Party. He says that the HC in its ruling had however dealt with this aspect elaborately. “You cannot totally be silent about it and not say a word about it,” Raju adds.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Raju says that Kejriwal is guilty of the offence of money laundering. He says that Kejriwal demanded ₹100 crore as bribe in his “individual capacity.” The law officer adds that Kejriwal is vicariously liable cause AAP is guilty of the offence of money laundering as AAP used the funds generated in the form of proceeds of crime & it was used in the election campaign. So AAP is also guilty & we have made AAP as an accused. AAP can be made accused u/s 70 PMLA & thus every person incharge would be deemed to be guilty.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Raju says that the judge admitted that she did not read the documents. “There cannot be a greater perversity in this,” Raju says.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Raju says that trial court citing famous saying of Benjamin Franklin cannot be ignored that "it is better that 100 guilty persons should escape than an innocent person should suffer" is something that would be applicable at the stage of trial and not at the case of “bail.”

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: The law officer says that ED has all the statement to show that Kejriwal demanded ₹100 crore. Raju says that the trial court order is “perverse” “one sided” “lopsided”.

Arvind Kejriwal LIVE Updates: Delhi High Court says that it would continue hearing the matter after lunch, matter to be heard at 2:15pm.

Arvind Kejriwal Bail News Live: Raju says that the trial court has considered “irrelevant facts” and failed to consider the relevant facts while granting bail. He adds that the trial court’s order is totally perverse.

Arvind Kejriwal Bail News Live: Raju says that trial court has come to the conclusion that EDs conduct is malafide by considering wrong dates. He says that the trial court order notes that the material was available with the ED in the month of July 2022 but the probe agency had registered ECIR in the case in August 2022. He says that the trial court order noted that Kejriwal was called in August 2023 but he was instead summoned in October 2023.

Arvind Kejriwal Bail News Live: Opportunity which has been contemplated under section 45 of PMLA has been truncated. Raju says that the trial court has decided the matter without hearing ED and considering the documents presented by the probe agency saying that the same are bulky. “There can’t be a more perverse order than this,” ASG says.

Arvind Kejriwal Bail News Live: ASG SV Raju for ED says that the trial court order is “perverse.”