Swati Maliwal case: Bibhav Kumar to stay in judicial custody till June 22

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide, Bibhav Kumar, until June 22. Kumar is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on May 13 at the CM's official residence.
Kumar was produced through videoconferencing before the duty metropolitan magistrate, who extended the custody and directed Delhi Police to produce him on June 22.
On Friday, the court had extended Kumar's custody by one day after noting that the investigating officer was not present.
On June 7, a Delhi court dismissed the second bail plea moved by Kumar in the case stating there are grave and serious allegations against him.
The court of special judge Ekta Gauba Mann, considering the fact that Maliwal is a lady and sitting member of Parliament from Aam Aadmi Party and had gone to meet chief minister of her own political party at his residence, said that the injuries suffered by her were apparent as per the MLC and the allegations levelled against Kumar were grave and serious in nature.
"Considering her allegations that she has been assaulted and brutally beaten up and her modesty has been outraged by applicant/accused Bibhav Kumar in the drawing room of the residence of the Hon'ble CM. Considering the fact that applicant/accused Bibhav Kumar being the personal secretary to the Hon'ble CM and alleged to have misbehaved not only with the member of Parliament of the same party but also with a lady," said the court.
Kumar's first regular bail plea was rejected by the trial court on May 27.