New Delhi. Bibhav Kumar, a close aide of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar jail in the Delhi liquor scam case, has received a major blow from the Delhi High Court. Bibhav Kumar had challenged his arrest by filing a petition in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court gave a vague response to Bibhav Kumar, who is in jail in the Swati Maliwal assault case. The court said that it was necessary to arrest Bibhav Kumar and the police followed the law completely while doing this process. Along with this, the court said that Bibhav Kumar’s petition has no merit. Aam Aadmi Party senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal was reportedly attacked by Bibhav Kumar. This incident of attack took place at the residence of the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The Delhi High Court said it was necessary to arrest chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s close aide Bibhav Kumar in the case related to the alleged assault on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal and while in doing so, the police strictly followed the law. Rejecting Bibhav Kumar’s petition, the court said in its verdict that there is no merit in his petition. Bibhav Kumar’s petition said his arrest was illegal. Bibhav Kumar, who is currently in judicial custody, allegedly assaulted Maliwal at Kejriwal’s official residence on May 13. He was arrested by the Delhi Police on May 18.
Bibhav Kumar had made serious allegations against the police
In his petition, Bibhav Kumar had sought a direction to declare the arrest illegal and in gross violation of the provisions of Section 41A of the CrPC (notice to appear before a police officer) and against the law. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, in the judgment announced on Saturday, said the lower court had heard Kumar’s side as well as the government before allowing him five days of police custody after being sent in custody The judge also said that the law allows the investigating officer not to arrest a person during the investigation, but in the present circumstances there are enough reasons for the petitioner to is accused of arrest without warning.
What did the Supreme Court say?
The Supreme Court said that under Article 21 of the Constitution, a person has a right to liberty and the law was made to ensure that such liberty is not violated except due to legal process. The court said, “The facts clearly establish that the arrest was necessary in the stated circumstances and it was made in accordance with the principles and guidelines under section 41 of the CrPC, 1973… Therefore, no any merit in this petition. No, that is rejected. The court said that according to the police, the CCTV footage was found blank and Kumar did not cooperate during interrogation.
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FIRST PUBLICATION: August 3, 2024, 11:46 PM IST
