The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has urged the Delhi high court to set aside a city court’s order, granting bail to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case, asserting that the judge admittedly did not take into account the material produced by the federal probe agency showing the reasons to believe that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener is guilty of money laundering.

Though ED’s plea was listed on Monday before a bench of justice Neena Bansal Krishna, it was adjourned to August 7 after Kejriwal’s counsel sought time to respond to the note submitted by ED. Senior advocate Vikram Chaudhari, representing the CM, asserted that the probe agency had served the copy of the reply at 11pm on Sunday, and they thus needed time to reply to the same.

Citing the Supreme Court’s July 12 order granting interim bail to Kejriwal in the ED case, the federal agency in its reply said that multiple courts, all the way up to the top court, have held that there is material against the CM which shows that there are reasons to believe that he is guilty of money laundering.

“The Ld. Vacation Judge has admittedly not taken into account the material produced by the ED showing the reason to believe that the respondent is guilty of the offence of money laundering. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the recent decision dated 12.07.2024 in the case of the respondent has also come to the conclusion, upon being presented with the material against the respondent that there exists reasonable grounds for believing that the respondent is guilty of the offence of money laundering,” the reply dated July 14 stated as reported HindustanTimes.

“Multiple courts all the way upto the Hon’ble Supreme Court have held that there is material against the respondent which shows the reason to believe that the respondent is guilty of the offence of money laundering. A prosecution complaint stands filed on which summons is issued to the respondent,” the federal agency added.