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On March 22, a trial court remanded him to six days of ED custody, which was extended by a further four days. On April 1, he was remanded to judicial custody (JC) till April 15, and subsequently on April 15, he was sent to judicial custody till April 23. On April 23, he was sent to JC till May 7.Kejriwal claimed innocence in the liquor gate scam case and had told the court during the hearing that the timing of his arrest right after the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is to humiliate, insult and disable him and his political party. The Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju, senior lawyer for the ED, said there is sufficient evidence against him and he is the main criminal conspirator in the Delhi liquor scam.The Delhi HC, in its order had said, “The arrest of Arvind Kejriwal was not in contravention of the legal provisions. The remand can’t be held to be illegal.””The material collected by the ED reveals that Kejriwal conspired and is involved in formulation of excise policy and used proceeds of crime. He is also allegedly involved in personal capacity in formulation of policy and demanding kickbacks and secondly in the capacity of national convenor of AAP,” the HC judge had said in her order.She went on to say in her order that the rigours of section 70 PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) are attracted in this case. Section 70 penalises offences by companies. When a company contravenes the PMLA, every person who at the time the contravention was in charge of conduct of business of the company will be deemed to be guilty, the court said in its order.
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Arvind Kejriwal pleads to SC for early listing of appeal challenging his arrest and remand
