Court Rebukes CBI, Clears Kejriwal & Sisodia
- By Thetripurapost Desk, New Delhi
- Feb 27, 2026
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In the aftermath of his acquittal in the CBI case concerning the Delhi excise policy, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal convened a press conference at the headquarters of the Aam Aadmi Party, mounting a forceful critique of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Kejriwal alleged that the two senior BJP leaders had orchestrated a sustained campaign to politically dismantle the AAP after failing to defeat it electorally. “When they could not overcome us at the ballot box, they sought to annihilate us through fabricated cases,” he asserted.
Describing the verdict as profoundly vindicating, Kejriwal said a “monumental burden” had been lifted from his conscience. He accused central agencies — including the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI and the police — of being deployed as instruments of political intimidation. “At one stage, five of our top leaders were incarcerated. Yet, no wrongdoing could be substantiated,” he said, adding in a stark remark that his adversaries could now silence him “only through extreme measures.”
Earlier in the day, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court acquitted all 23 accused in the case, including Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. The court delivered pointed observations against the Central Bureau of Investigation, criticising the integrity of its investigation.
Special Judge Jitendra Singh held that the charge sheet was riddled with substantive deficiencies and was unsupported by credible witness testimony. The court noted that Kejriwal had been arraigned without cogent or admissible evidence.
In acquitting Sisodia and the other accused, the judge underscored that the prosecution had failed to discharge its burden of proof. The extensive charge sheet, spanning thousands of pages, was found to contain material inconsistencies and assertions uncorroborated by witness depositions, prompting the court to characterise parts of it as misleading.