On Saturday, the Tis Hazari court in Delhi extended judicial custody of Bibhav Kumar till June 22. He is a close aide to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Kumar was presented via video conferencing after the expiry of his judicial custody.
He was on Friday remanded to one-day judicial custody by the court. Neha Goel, Duty Metropolitan Magistrate, extended the judicial custody of Kumar. Advocate Karan Sharma appeared for Kejriwal’s former aide.
The court dismissed the bail application in view of threats received by the victim (Swati Maliwal) and apprehension of influencing the witnesses by the accused.
“I do not find any merit in the bail application of accused Bibhav Kumar. Hence, the present regular bail application of accused Bibhav Kumar is hereby dismissed,” Special Judge Ekta Gauba Mann ordered on June 7.
On May 31, Kumar was remanded to judicial custody after his interrogation in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal alleged assault case.
The incident of the alleged assault occurred on May 13 and on May 16 Maliwal filed a complaint. On May 18, Kumar was arrested by Delhi cops.
This was the second bail plea by Kumar which has been dismissed by the court. Earlier, on May 27, his first regular bail plea was dismissed.
(With inputs from agencies)