Delhi excise policy case: Court denies interim bail to BRS leader Kavitha

Special judge Kaveri Baweja had dismissed the interim bail application this morning. A detailed bail order has yet to be uploaded.

New Delhi: The Rouse Avenue court in the national captial on Monday dismissed the detailed interim bail application of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha. She had sought interim bail on the grounds that her minor son had school examinations.

She is in judicial custody after the ED remand in the excise policy case.
Special judge Kaveri Baweja had dismissed the interim bail application this morning. A detailed bail order has yet to be uploaded.

The bail application of the BRS leader was opposed by the counsel for ED, who argued that Kavitha destroyed the evidence in her phone and that witnesses were forced to retract their statements.

Kavitha had filed an application seeking interim bail given the examination of her school-going son. Advocates Nitesh Rana and Deepak Nagar also appeared for her.

At the outset, it was argued that being a woman, the rigours of the twin condition under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) do not apply to K Kavitha. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi had submitted that when a person falls under exceptions, the twin condition does not apply to that person.