NEW DELHI: Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram appeared at the party headquarters on Wednesday evening and claimed that he was not hiding from the law.Chidambaram, who had not been seen since Tuesday evening after Delhi high court refused to grant him protection from arrest, said that he was busy with his legal team drafting papers to file his appeal in the Supreme Court .The former finance minister, who faces ED and CBI probe in the INX Media case , read out from a prepared statement flanked by top Congress leaders.Chidambaram claimed that he had not committed any offence in the INX Media case."If I am asked to choose between life and liberty, I will unhesitatingly choose liberty. I have not been accused of any offence in INX Media case. There is no chargesheet filed by CBI or ED in the court. I am aghast that I was accused of hiding from the law," Chidambaram said.Slamming the reports that he was hiding from the law, Chidambaram said "Nothing can be further from the truth. These are lies spread by pathological liars.""I shall respect law, even if it is applied with an unequal hand by the probe agencies. I bow down to the Supreme Court order. Will wait till Friday with my head held high," he said.Immediately after reading out the statement, Chidambaram left the Congress headquarters .