Sultanpur court grants bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in case filed in 2014

LUCKNOW: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by a special court in Sultanpur on Monday in two cases related to disturbing communal harmony and committing various electoral offences during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Special Judge PK Jayant granted bail to Kejriwal after he appeared before the court and sought relief in both the cases. The court has fixed November 3 for the next date of hearing in the matter.
The CM’s counsel Madan Singh said that even though Kejriwal had been granted exemption from a personal appearance before the court by the Supreme Court, he decided to appear on his own accord.“As a responsible citizen and to get the matter to proceed quickly, the CM appeared before the court willingly. He applied for bail, which was granted to him. The court has fixed November 3 as the next date of hearing,” he said.
Kejriwal was booked in two cases lodged against him and other AAP leaders at Gauriganj and Musafir Khana police stations of Amethi during the 2014 general elections. AAP UP state spokesperson Vaibhav Maheshwari said, “Kejriwal ji had come to campaign for Kumar Vishwas for a day when he was contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi. The UP police had then booked him for violation of section 144, violation of the model code of conduct and for hate speech. However, he appeared personally before the court and has been given bail.”
Party sources said that the Delhi CM had been booked under Sections 125 of the Representation of People's Act for promoting hatred on the basis of caste, community etc during an election, 143 for assembling unlawfully, 186 for obstructing public servants from discharging their duty, 341 for wrongfully restraining them and 353 for assaulting them to deter them from doing their duty.
Other than Kejriwal, cases were also filed against Kumar Vishwas, Harikrishna, Rakesh Tiwari, Ajay Singh and Bablu Tiwari.
Kejriwal, who arrived in Lucknow on Monday, first went to Sultanpur for the court appearance after which he went to Ayodhya where he attended the Saryu Aarti. On Tuesday, he is scheduled to visit Hanumangarhi and Ram Lalla temple.