In this circumstance, the judge said, as the accused (Kejriwal) refused to furnish bail bond or even personal bond, this court was constrained to take the accused into custody.
"Let the accused (Kejriwal) be sent to judicial custody and be produced before the court May 23," the judge said.
Gadkari's lawyer opposed Kejriwal's plea.
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.
Gadkari told the court that "false, baseless, scandalous, defamatory statements" by Kejriwal against him had lowered his dignity.
Arvind Kejriwal sent to judicial custody for two days
New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was Wednesday sent to two-day judicial custody by a court here after he refused to furnish a personal bail bond in a defamation case filed by BJP
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