On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) took action by filing a challenge in the Delhi High Court against the trial court's decision to grant bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the case related to the Delhi excise policy.

Shortly, ED's lawyers will approach the High Court's vacation bench for an urgent hearing on the matter. Kejriwal was granted bail by the trial court on Thursday. Vacation Judge Niyay Bindu ordered his release on a bail bond of ₹1 lakh.

Despite the Enforcement Directorate's request for a 48-hour stay on Kejriwal's release, the court denied the request. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 on allegations that he conspired to deliberately create loopholes in the Delhi Excise Policy for 2021-22, which has since been scrapped, to favor specific liquor sellers.

The ED has alleged that kickbacks received from liquor sellers funded the electoral campaign of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa. They assert that, as the National Convenor of AAP, Kejriwal is both personally and vicariously responsible for money laundering offenses.

Kejriwal denies these allegations and accuses the ED of engaging in extortion.

Other AAP leaders implicated in the same case include former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, and Member of Parliament Sanjay Singh. Singh is currently out on bail, while Sisodia remains in jail.

In May, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal to allow him to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. He returned to jail on June 2 when the interim bail period ended.

Kejriwal later sought interim bail for seven days on medical grounds, but the trial court rejected this request on June 5. Subsequently, his regular bail plea based on merits was granted by the trial court, prompting the ED to approach the High Court.