<p>Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was Wednesday sent to two-day judicial custody by a court after he refused to furnish a personal bail bond in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha fixed Friday as the next date of hearing. Manocha had asked him to furnish a bail bond of Rs.10,000 but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader refused.<br /><br />Kejriwal was summoned by the court for describing former Bharatiya Janata Party president as a "corrupt" person.<br /><br />Earlier, Kejriwal told the court he would not furnish a bail bond as the case was a political one. Instead, he promised to give an undertaking to appear before the court at every hearing.<br /><br />"I am fighting against corruption. I will not seek bail as I have not done anything wrong," he said.<br /><br />His counsel told the court that in earlier defamation cases against him, Kejriwal was granted bail on the undertaking that he would appear before the court at every hearing. <br />The counsel added that Kejriwal would not flee from justice.<br /><br />"I completely agree but what is the problem with furnishing a bail bond?" asked the judge.<br /><br />The judge said furnishing a bond was a process of law and told Kejriwal that he was seeking different treatment.<br /><br />"You are representing the Aam Aadmi Party. I request you to behave as aam aadmi (common man)," the court said.<br /><br />Gadkari's lawyer opposed Kejriwal's plea.<br /><br />Gadkari's complaint said that Jan 31, when he was Delhi's chief minister, Kejriwal released a list of "India's most corrupt" people and it included his name.<br /><br />Gadkari told the court that "false, baseless, scandalous, defamatory statements" by Kejriwal against him had lowered his dignity.</p>
<p>Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was Wednesday sent to two-day judicial custody by a court after he refused to furnish a personal bail bond in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha fixed Friday as the next date of hearing. Manocha had asked him to furnish a bail bond of Rs.10,000 but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader refused.<br /><br />Kejriwal was summoned by the court for describing former Bharatiya Janata Party president as a "corrupt" person.<br /><br />Earlier, Kejriwal told the court he would not furnish a bail bond as the case was a political one. Instead, he promised to give an undertaking to appear before the court at every hearing.<br /><br />"I am fighting against corruption. I will not seek bail as I have not done anything wrong," he said.<br /><br />His counsel told the court that in earlier defamation cases against him, Kejriwal was granted bail on the undertaking that he would appear before the court at every hearing. <br />The counsel added that Kejriwal would not flee from justice.<br /><br />"I completely agree but what is the problem with furnishing a bail bond?" asked the judge.<br /><br />The judge said furnishing a bond was a process of law and told Kejriwal that he was seeking different treatment.<br /><br />"You are representing the Aam Aadmi Party. I request you to behave as aam aadmi (common man)," the court said.<br /><br />Gadkari's lawyer opposed Kejriwal's plea.<br /><br />Gadkari's complaint said that Jan 31, when he was Delhi's chief minister, Kejriwal released a list of "India's most corrupt" people and it included his name.<br /><br />Gadkari told the court that "false, baseless, scandalous, defamatory statements" by Kejriwal against him had lowered his dignity.</p>