The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Bibhav Kumar, an aide to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was taken into custody on the charge of assaulting Rajya Sabha MP for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Swati Maliwal.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing Kumar’s bail application while also challenging his arrest in the case.
The court gagged Bibhav Kumar from speaking out against the case till vulnerable witnesses were examined. The court ordered the trial court to complete this task within three weeks and restrained Kumar from taking up any official position.
On May 18, the Delhi Police arrested Kumar at Kejriwal’s residence after getting a complaint from Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.
Maliwal said in a first information report (FIR) that Kumar slapped her 7-8 times without provocation, pounced on her, kicked her chest and pelvis and forcibly pulled up her shirt at Kejriwal’s residence on May 13, when she went to meet with the Delhi chief minister.