NEW DELHI: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday furnished surety bonds of Rs 50, 000 each before a court here following their discharge in the corruption case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders appeared before the Rouse Avenue Court and submitted the surety bonds in compliance with the order passed earlier while discharging them from the case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
As per legal procedure, an accused who is discharged or acquitted in a criminal case is required to furnish a surety bond to ensure their presence before the court in case the prosecution files an appeal challenging the order.
In a detailed judgment running into more than 1, 100 paragraphs, the Rouse Avenue Court, on February 27, had discharged all the accused, including Kejriwal and Sisodia, in connection with the alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy introduced by the then AAP-led Delhi government.