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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87518, member: 27"] The CBI's refusal to accept a sweeping discharge order is dragging the Delhi excise policy case straight back into the courts next week. CBI's challenge at the Delhi High Court [LIST] [*]The CBI filed a criminal revision petition against the Rouse Avenue Court's discharge order. [*]Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and 21 others were all let off by the trial court. [*]Justice Swarnakanta Sharma's single-judge bench is scheduled to hear it on March 9. [*]The agency is essentially arguing that the trial court got it completely wrong. [/LIST] What the trial court actually decided [LIST] [*]Special Judge Jitendra Singh's order ran over 1,100 paragraphs and torched the CBI's case. [*]Nearly 300 prosecution witnesses and voluminous records still produced zero actionable material. [*]Forcing the accused to stand trial without admissible evidence was called a manifest miscarriage of justice. [*]The court rejected the CBI's overarching-conspiracy theory and said the excise policy followed proper procedure. [/LIST] The original allegations and what the CBI claimed [LIST] [*]Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was allegedly tailored to benefit private liquor entities like the South Group. [*]Upfront bribes allegedly routed for electoral purposes were at the heart of the CBI's case. [*]The policy was eventually scrapped amid corruption allegations by the then AAP-led government. [/LIST] BJP's reaction and political pressure [LIST] [*]Manoj Tiwari warned that AAP's post-discharge celebrations could be cut short by the High Court. [*]Destroyed SIM cards and mobile phones were flagged by Tiwari as deeply suspicious. [*]BJP has committed to pursuing accountability at both political and legal levels until the end. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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