Amritsar, On Friday, A local court granted a bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leader Sanjay Singh after they appeared in connection with a defamation case filed by Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia.

October 15 has been fixed by the court as the next date of hearing.

"Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh today appeared before the court here which granted them bail. Ashish Khetan has been asked to appear before the court on the next date of hearing which has been fixed as October 15," AAP member and advocate H S Phoolka said.

On May 20, Majithia had filed the criminal defamation case against the three in a court here alleging that AAP was bent upon tarnishing his and his family's image by leveling baseless allegations over the drug issue.