Arvind Kejriwal's Challenge To ED Arrest : Live Updates From Supreme Court

J Khanna: need not go into all that. only thing is, whether this is given in reasons to believe. court may or may not accept. your order under S.19 will stand on its own leg, not by supplementary argument

Raju: one need not assume that whatever witness tells IO is...he may mislead the investigating agency...therefore, investigation need not go in a way that we go to accused first...there may be several hurdles...now please see MSR's statement

J Khanna: your defense is non-reference to this earlier statement is of no consequence in my grounds to believe because those statements are not relevant so far as petitioner is concerned

Raju: they say yes, Magunta Reddy met kejriwal...

J Khanna: let me put it this way, in this case, you have to be front-footed. because you are the one who has passed under S.19

J Khanna: when did you bring up Kejriwal's name for the first time in statements? asked question about him

Raju: 23.02.2023 in Buchi Babu's statement

Raju: if I start asking about Kejriwal at the outset, it would have been called malafide. It takes time to understand. we can't put it overnight. Things have to be confirmed

Raju points to a statement recorded under S.17 on 16.09.2022

J Khanna: we understand, please don't read. we take it that no question was asked about him. only issue is why did you not ask and why you were delaying

J Datta: date of arrest of Raghav?

Raju: 10.02.2023

J Datta: when was he released on bail?

Raju: 10 August

Raju: There is not a single statement exonerating kejriwal

Raju: We have found that Kejriwal stayed in a 7-star hotel in Goa during Goa elections...part of his expenses were paid by person who accepted cash...it is not a politically motivated case

J Khanna: please concentrate on S. 19 PMLA