Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar was sent to four-day judicial custody by the Delhi court on Friday. Kumar was arrested in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.
Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal allowed the prosecution's plea seeking Kumar's judicial custody for four days after police interrogation. Soon after the court order, Bibhav Kumar has moved a bail application. The court has asked Delhi police to file a reply and has listed the hearing on Monday.
It was alleged that Kumar had assaulted Maliwal at the CM's official residence on May 13.
Kumar's counsels have moved an application seeking to procure and preserve the CCTV footage and the DVRs.
"These CCTVs prove my case, they have searched various times and have taken CCTV footage, how much footage they have we don’t know. We are seeking for the footage to be preserved,” Kumar's counsel's argument was quoted by the Hindustan Times.
However, the prosecution argued that the application at this stage is not applicable as the matter is under investigation. "We moved an application under Section 165 to provide the list of search and seized items to the magistrate," said defence counsel advocate Rajiv Mohan. There is a provision in Section 165 to provide the list of all the items seized during the search, he added.
The prosecution also argued that the defence has not specified which CCTV footage they require as a copy of the same has also been given to the occupier.
"Initially we had asked for DVR, but they gave us a blank pen drive. Now they have given us an NVR which has been given to the expert for examination,” said the additional public prosecutor.
The Delhi Police had arrested Kumar on May 18.
After Maliwal's complaint, Kumar had accused the Rajya Sabha MP of gaining "unauthorised entry" into the CM's residence and started "verbally abusing" him.
In Maliwal's complaint, Kumar "slapped" her "at least seven to eight times" and "brutally dragged" her while "kicking" her in her "chest, stomach and pelvis area".
