The Supreme Court today granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy. Kejriwal was arrested in the case by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21.

However, the AAP chief will remain in jail as he is currently being questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a different case.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, which granted the bail, said Kejriwal has suffered incarceration for over 90 days.

Reacting on the interim bail, AAP said, “satyamev jayate” (Truth alone triumphs).

“Whether Rouse Avenue Court’s verdict or today’s Supreme Court verdict proves that this two-year-long witch-hunt is only a conspiracy of the BJP government,” says Delhi Minister Atishi.

“Hopeful Kejriwal will also be granted bail in excise policy case filed by CBI,” AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said at a press conference.

“After Kejriwal’s cbi arrest, I called it ‘insurance arrest’ ie knowing our arguments & weakness of theirs, govt apprehended adverse order (as came Frm sc today) and hence cbi arrested AK after one full year, after interrogating him one yr ago & while he was in ED custody!!” Kejriwal’s legal counsel and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi posted on X.

BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj told reporters, “Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has been granted interim bail only because one point of law has been referred to the larger bench… A few days ago, ED presented a detailed chargesheet in front of the court. As per that chargesheet, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was the kingpin of the excise policy scam… Today, the Supreme Court has indicated that whenever a constitutional functionary is involved in such a crime, he has to resign from his post… Arvind Kejriwal is trying to misguide everyone. He is not ready to resign. His stubbornness is creating a policy paralysis and constitutional crisis in Delhi…”

BJP leader Virendra Sachdeva said that interim bail does not mean that Kejriwal has been acquitted of the crime.

“Getting interim bail does not mean being acquitted of the crime. Arvind Kejriwal is guilty in the liquor scam and is the mastermind behind the entire scam. He has looted the people of Delhi, and this issue remains unchanged,” the Delhi BJP president said.