Supreme Court granted bail to K Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case, criticizing CBI and ED for basing their case on inferences rather than solid evidence.
Supreme Court made important comments while granting bail to BRS MLC Kavitha, who was arrested in the Delhi liquor case. A bench of justices Bhushan R Gavai and KV Viswanathan granted bail to Kavitha on grounds that the investigation was complete, and they clarified that deleting the messages on her mobile phone would not be a crime.
During the arguments on BRS MLC Kavitha’s bail petition, Solicitor General SV Raju, who appeared in the court on behalf of CBI and ED, made several allegations. Kavitha deleted messages from her mobile phones and formatted them to erase evidence.
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The respondent bench held that the messages on the phone were being deleted from time to time and if there was no other evidence to corroborate this, it would not constitute a criminal act.
Kavitha’s lawyer Mukul Rohatgi strongly opposed the arguments of the investigating agencies. He told the court that people now use their phones like toys and Kavitha formatted the phone to update it. The Supreme Court agreed with his argument and stated that deleting and formatting messages is a crime.
