The Supreme Court docket on Friday granted common bail to former Trinamool Congress youth chief Kuntal Ghosh in a CBI case linked to the West Bengal main college recruitment rip-off.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan stated it isn’t possible that the trial will probably be accomplished within the foreseeable close to future within the case the place Ghosh has been in custody for the previous 19 months.
Advocate MS Khan, showing for Ghosh, submitted two orders of the trial courtroom to buttress his argument that the trial won’t be accomplished within the close to future because the CBI is but to file the ultimate cost sheet within the case.
The bench granted bail to Ghosh and requested him to not depart West Bengal with out prior permission of the courtroom or the investigating company.
It stated Ghosh may also not maintain any public publish and won’t give any statements within the media associated to the advantage of the investigation.
On November 20, the Calcutta Excessive Court docket granted conditional bail to Ghosh, one of many prime accused in an Enforcement Directorate case related to the varsity recruitment rip-off.
Ghosh was arrested by the ED on January 21, 2023 within the cash laundering case and subsequently on February 20, 2023 by the CBI within the corruption case associated to the West Bengal main college recruitment rip-off.
