Following are the highlights of the Supreme Court’s Friday judgment in which the apex court granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case lodged by the CBI in connection with the alleged excise policy scam: * SC says prolonged incarceration amounts to “unjust deprivation of liberty”
* Justice Surya Kant says Kejriwal’s arrest does not suffer with any procedural infirmity
* Continued incarceration for extended period pending trial would infringe upon Kejriwal’s right to liberty
* Given Kejriwal’s position and his roots in society, no valid reason to entertain apprehension of his fleeing country
* Kejriwal shall not make any public comments on merits of CBI case
* Kejriwal shall remain present before trial court on each and every date of hearing
* Kejriwal shall fully cooperate with trial court for expeditious conclusion of trial proceedings
* Terms and conditions imposed by coordinate bench in ED case imposed mutatis mutandis in present case
* Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said belated arrest of Kejriwal by CBI unjustified
* Every effort must be made to remove any perception that investigation not carried out fairly by CBI
* Accused has right to remain silent and cannot be compelled to make inculpatory statements against himself
* Imperative that CBI dispels notion of it being “caged parrot”
* Kejriwal’s arrest by CBI only to frustrate bail granted to him in ED case
* Justice Bhuyan says CBI definitely wrong in arresting Kejriwal on grounds that he was evasive in his reply
* It would be travesty of justice to keep Kejriwal in further detention in CBI case.