Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday appeared before a Kurla Magistrate’s court in north-central Mumbai in connection with a case where he had been booked for allegedly addressing a public rally during the 2014 lok Sabha polls without prior permission from the police.
Metropolitan Magistrate Richa Khedekar accepted the papers submitted by Kejriwal and allowed the latter to leave the court. Meera Sanyal, former CEO of Bank of Scotland, was among the party leaders present at the court.
Kejriwal, Medha Patkar and Sanyal had been booked under relevant sections of the Bombay Police Act. Ms Patkar and Ms Sanyal had earlier completed the bail bound procedures, Kejriwal attended the court to complete the procedures.
Kejriwal had earlier moved the Bombay HC seeking quashing of the FIR and exemption from appearing before the magistrate’s court. However, the HC had refused to quash the FIR and asked Kejriwal to appear before the magistrate’s court.