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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has expressed surprise over the bail order which was stayed by Delhi HC after grant of bail by trial court in the case involving Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Sibal in tweet on X pointed out the Karnataka HC ruling on former BJP Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa, accused of sex harassment of a minor. Sibal wondered why differentiate between BSY and Kejriwal .
Judge
Granted anticipatory bail in alleged sexual abuse case to Yediurappa
Saying :
He is no Tom, Dick or HarryH D Ravanna granted bail in alleged kidnapping case
Arvind Kejriwal
Hemant SorenRegarded as Tom, Dick or Harry !
Strange !
— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) June 21, 2024
BSY has been charged under the POCSO Act and Section 354 A (Sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint from the mother of a 17-year-old girl.
Justice S Krishna Dixit, questioning the necessity for immediate arrest, said, “He is not some Tom, Dick or Harry to flee.”
Earlier , The Delhi HC put interim stay on bail order by Trial court which means the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will have to remain in jail for now with the Delhi high court on Friday putting an interim stay on a trial court’s order granting him bail in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam.
The Aam Aadmi Party national convenor, who was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate, could have walked out of Tihar jail on Friday had the high court not granted the interim relief to the central anti-money laundering agency.
“Till the pronouncement of this order, the operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed,” a vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain said and asked the parties to file written submissions by June 24.
The high court said it was reserving the order for 2-3 days as it wanted to go through the entire records.
