Delhi excise policy case: High Court stays CM Arvind Kejriwal's bail order

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (June 25) allowed the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) pleato stay the trial court's bail order for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalin the money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case.

The bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain stayedKejriwal'sbail order granted by the trial court on June 20.The bench reserved the order on June 21 after the ED challenged the trial court's decision, which has been put on hold until the ruling.

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The bench of Justice Jainsaid that documents and arguments were not appreciated properly by the trial court. The bench also said that the trial court"has not applied its mind and has not considered the material."

The bench observed thatmandatory conditions under the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) have not been properly discussed in the trial court order on the CM's bail.

The High Court has already fixed the main matter for July, where ED challenged the trial court order granting Arvind Kejriwal regular bail in the case.

Kejriwal was granted bail last week

The CM was granted bail by the trial court on June 20. A day later, the ED moved the high courtchallenging the grant of bail toKejriwal.

On the same day (June 21), it ordered the grant of an interim stay on bail while reserving its order and asked both sides to file their written submissions by Monday. Kejriwal then filed an appeal in the top court against the high court order.