KEJRIWAL WALKS OUT OF JAIL

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal till June 1 in Delhi excise case

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Embattled Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal walked out of the Tihar Jail on Friday evening, hours after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in a money-laundering case to enable him to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. The development is seen as a huge relief to his party struggling to gain momentum in the absence of its foremost leader.

The court , however, barred him from visiting his office or the Delhi secretariat, and signing official files unless absolutely necessary for obtaining the lieutenant governor’s approval.

Setting him free for 21 days to hit the hustings for the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha elections after 50 days of custody in the money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam, the court said he shall surrender on June 2, a day after the last phase of the seven-phase poll gets over.

The fourth phase of polling will be held on May 13.