SC grants bail to K. Kavitha in excise policy cases
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Supreme Court grants/rejects bail plea of BRS leader K. Kavitha in Delhi excise policy scam case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 27) granted bail to BRS leader K. Kavitha in both Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases linked to the Delhi excise policy scam.
Ms. Kavitha shall be released forthwith and appear regularly in the trial court
A Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan was hearing Ms. Kavitha's pleas seeking bail in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged scam which are being probed by the CBI and the ED respectively.
The court reasoned that there were 493 witnesses in the cases. The completion of the trial in the near future would be impossible.
The court said the ED has filed its prosecution complaint (equivalent of a chargesheet) and the CBI has filed its chargesheet in the predicate offence. There is no need for her continued custody.
The Delhi High Court had dismissed Ms. Kavitha's bail pleas in both cases, saying she was prima facie one of the main conspirators in the criminal conspiracy related to the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
The ED arrested Ms. Kavitha (46) from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15. The CBI arrested her on April 11 from Tihar jail.
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