Srinagar: Bail is a right, but it is very strange that it takes so much time to get it even when the offence is not proven, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday as she welcomed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s interim bail.
“This is very strange. Bail is a right. Unless you prove someone guilty, his place is not jail till that time and bail is his right. I am happy that Kejriwal finally got interim bail,” Mufti told reporters in Ganderbal, where she held a roadshow in support of party candidate Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra who is contesting from Srinagar Lok Sabha seat.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said there is “anarchy” in the country and anyone can be jailed.
“What can we say? Today, there is anarchy. Anyone can be put in jail and it takes so much time to get bail,” she said.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted Kejriwal interim bail in a money laundering case. Though he got relief at the peak of the election season, Kejriwal is barred from visiting his office or the Delhi secretariat and signing official files unless absolutely necessary for obtaining the lieutenant governor’s approval.
