Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar gets big relief from Supreme Court, gets bail in Swati Maliwal attack case

The Supreme Court docket on Monday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's former private assistant Bibhav Kumar within the case of assault on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal. The court docket additionally directed that the trial court docket ought to first attempt to full the examination of essential and weak witnesses inside three months.

Nevertheless, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuiyan directed that Bibhav Kumar is not going to be reinstated as Kejriwal's private assistant nor will he be given any official project within the Chief Minister's Workplace. The court docket has additionally barred Kumar from coming into the Chief Minister's residence till all witnesses are examined.

Bibhav Kumar had allegedly attacked Maliwal at Kejriwal's official residence on May 13. An FIR was registered towards Bibhav Kumar on May 16 beneath varied sections of the Indian Penal Code. Kumar was arrested two days afterward May 18.

Earlier, the Excessive Court docket had refused to grant him bail, saying that the accused is “highly influential” and there’s no floor to grant him aid. It had stated that it can’t be dominated out that if the petitioner is granted bail, witnesses could also be influenced or proof could also be tampered with.