India, Feb. 27 -- A Delhi court on Friday, while discharging all 23 accused in the CBI's excise policy case, delivered sharp remarks about the probe agency itself, questioning its decision to label a group of alleged liquor businessmen from southern India as the "south group" in its chargesheet.

The accused included Delhi's ex-chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy CM Manish Sisodia, besides Telangana politician K Kavitha and 21 others.

"The Court considers it necessary to place on record its concern with the repeated and deliberate use of the expression 'South Group' by the investigating agency to describe a set of accused persons, ostensibly on the basis of their regional origin or place of residence," says the order by Spec...