The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal, paving the way for the Delhi Chief Minister to campaign for his Aam Aadmi Party during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. While the AAP convenor had sought interim bail till July, the court granted him the relief only till June 1. Mr Kejriwal is required to surrender to the jail authorities by June 2.
The final and the seventh phase of voting is scheduled for June 1, followed by the counting of votes on June 4.
In a strong pitch for the Chief Minister, his legal team had sought his release before the election to the seven seats in Delhi, scheduled to be held on May 25.
Mr Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 in the liquor policy and has been lodged in the Tihar jail since he remanded to judicial custody.
His close aide Manish Sisodia, former education minister of Delhi, and K Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, still remain in jail in the case.
Sanjay Singh, an AAP MP who was also arrested last year, got bail after six months.
