[New Delhi] Delhi CM Kejriwal Submits Personal Bond Of Rs 10K And Gets Bail in Defamation Case
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was summoned as an accused in a criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, was today granted bail by Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh
This Relief is granted to Kejriwal on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs 10,000 after he appeared before the court.
The court has now fixed the matter for further hearing on August 6.
Kejriwal was summoned as accused by the court in February this year on a criminal defamation complaint filed against him by Bidhuri, an MP from South Delhi parliamentary constituency, under section 500 (defamation) of the IPC.
Bidhuri had alleged that Kejriwal had defamed him during an interview to a news channel.
He had claimed that during the interview, Kejriwal had falsely said that criminal cases were pending against Bidhuri and a Congress leader but the Delhi Police was not taking action against them.
Bidhuri claimed that no case was pending against him and Kejriwal had defamed him by giving such a statement.
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Delhi CM Kejriwal Submits Bond Of Rs 10K &Gets Bail in Defamation Case
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal+5 AAP Leaders Get Bail:DefamationCase By Jaitely
[New Delhi,] Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal+5 AAP Leaders Get Bail:Defamation case
Delhi C M Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders, who were summoned as accused in a criminal defamaiton case filed against them by Union Minister Arun Jaitley, were today granted bail by a Delhi court.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass granted the relief to Kejriwal and AAP leaders Ashutosh+Sanjay Singh+Kumar Vishwas, Raghav Chadha+ Deepak Bajpai, on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 each with one surety of like amount.
Kejriwal and other accused had appeared in court in pursuance to the summons issued against them on March 9.
The court has now fixed the matter for May 19 for further arguments in the case
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