NEW DELHI, Jan. 23 -- A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in two cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over allegations of skipping the federal agency's summonses during its probe into the Delhi excise policy case. The judgment was delivered by additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal of Rouse Avenue Courts. The court held that the ED issued summonses to Kejriwal through the e-mail mode, which did not stand the test of law under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The judgment read, "There are procedural, legal and factual challenges to the complainant's case, which do not allow this court to arrive at a conclusion of culpability of the accused". The judgment also held that the prosecution had not been able to prove the accused's intentional disobedience to the summonses in question, beyond a reasonable doubt, hence entitling the accused to be exonerated. The federal agency said that Kejriwal, who was being investigated by the ED in connection with the Delhi Excise Police case along with multiple other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, was issued three summonses, all in 2023. Charge sheets were filed in the cases in February 2024 and subsequently, a notice of accusation was served on the accused in December 2024. The court noted that the officers who served Kejriwal with the summonses showed a lack of understanding of the penal provisions of PMLA, as evidence showed that, in Kejriwal's case, imposition of a penalty for non-appearance to summonses would suffice. The ED's probe into money laundering contentions arises from a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation on August 17, 2022, in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. In a similar summons case lodged by the ED in connection with the Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case, the same court acquitted AAP's Okhla legislator Amanatullah Khan, noting that the ED's case did not show any prima facie proof that the summons were duly served or that the accused intentionally disobeyed. Responding to the court's verdict on Thursday, Kejriwal posted on X, "Satyameva Jayate." (truth alone triumphs) However, this drew a strong reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kappor said, "The BJP strongly objects to Mr Kejriwal writing 'Satyamev Jayate' after the dismissal of two summons-related cases on technical grounds."...