Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal gets bail

The Indian Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till June 1 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy. 

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta pronounced the verdict after a brief hearing on an interim bail plea filed by Kejriwal on Friday. 

The plea filed by Kejriwal had challenged his arrest in the Delhi liquor policy case and the subsequent request for interim bail to enable his participation in campaigning for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

He may walk out of Tihar Jail today and has been asked to surrender to the prison authorities by June 2.

The move is expected to boost AAP's electoral prospects as Kejriwal can campaign for the party in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, particularly in Delhi and Punjab, where the party is in power. Delhi and Punjab will vote on May 25 and June 1, respectively.