The Supreme Court questioned the central agencies Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the fairness of their probe, asking if they were free to "pick and choose" an accused.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan permitted the CBI to submit its counter affidavit and granted Kejriwal two days to file a rejoinder. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing Kejriwal, noted that the CBI filed a counter affidavit in just one of the pleas, which was served to them at 8 pm on Thursday.
After an incarceration of 17 months, Sisodia walked out of the Tihar jail giving a shot to the AAP in its arm amid a series for setbacks for the party.
The chief minister, however, will remain in custody as he was subsequently arrested by the CBI in a corruption case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.
The court rejected Kejriwal's application seeking directions to prison authorities to allow Sunita Kejriwal to be his attendant during consultations with doctors.
This comes after a trial court granted bail to the Delhi Chief Minister in connection with a money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy