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New Delhi, May 25: The Delhi High Court held that the Delhi government’s anti-corruption branch was fully empowered to arrest policemen while dismissing bail application of a head constable who was arrested by the ACB in a corruption case.
A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi disallowed Anil Kumar’s bail application saying his submission that the anti-corruption branch (ACB) of the Delhi government did not have the competence or jurisdiction to act on the complaint of the complainant is rejected.
“Since the applicant is a Delhi Police personnel serving the citizens in the NCTD and the functions of the Delhi Police personnel substantially and essentially relate to the affairs of the GNCTD, in my view, the ACB of the GNCTD has the jurisdiction to entertain and act on a complaint under the PC Act in respect of a Delhi Police officer or official, and to investigate and prosecute the crime,” the judge said.
The head constable was arrested on May 2 from the Sonia Vihar police station in northeast Delhi by the ACB.
in the tussle that is going on between the AAP government and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung , the High Court verdict has come as a big boost to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who stands vindicated.
Earlier, the home ministry in a notification had barred the ACB from registering any case against officers and political functionaries of the central government.
“Today’s high court judgment has come as a huge embarrassment for the central government. HC also said that the latest 21st May MHA notification is ‘suspect’,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.
