Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal keeps date with court, gets bail in ED summons case

On Friday, a Sessions Court had refused to stay the summons issued against Kejriwal by the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday (March 16) on ED complaints alleging non-compliance of summons issued to him by the investigating agency. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)

Kejriwal had been summoned to appear before the court on March 16 after ED, for the second time, moved Rouse Avenue Court and filed a complaint against Kejriwal for allegedly not complying with its summonses. The ED has issued eight summons against Kejriwal in the liquor policy case.

Earlier, on February 3, after Kejriwal skipped its summons for the fifth time, the ED had filed a complaint in the court under Criminal Procedure Code sections 190 and 200 for not complying with the agency’s summons issued under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and not joining the investigation. The court had then told Kejriwal to appear before it on February 17.

Kejriwal earlier appeared before the court on the said date via video-conferencing, saying that he could not appear physically due to the confidence motion and Budget session in the Assembly. He had assured the court then that he would physically appear before it on March 16.