India, Feb. 27 -- Ralegan Siddhi, Maharashtra - Social activist Anna Hazare on Friday welcomed the discharge of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case, stating that the judiciary is supreme and its verdict must be respected. The court in Delhi discharged Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, and 21 others, noting that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) failed to find any "overarching conspiracy or criminal intent" in the politically sensitive liquor-policy case.

Kejriwal, arrested in March 2024 by the Enforcement Directorate and later the CBI, had spent 155 days in jail before being released on bail. Hazare emphasized that his previous critical remarks against Kejriwal were made before any judicial decision, and now t...