Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, submitted that CBI had registered the FIR in the case in August 2022 but the arrest was happening after nearly two years.
“He (Kejriwal) was summoned in April 2023 and questioned for 9 hours. From April till now nothing is done. On 2022 FIR, he is arrested now. There can’t be a necessity, urgency of arrest,” Singhvi said.
He also pointed out that Kejriwal is already under judicial custody in the ED case and hence, there could be no fear of him tampering with evidence or witnesses or posing any danger or flight risk.
“The arrest memo must reflect some reasons. Reasons like terrorist or that he will interfere does not even arise in his case. He was already in judicial custody,” it was contended.
Source: Barandbench
