Calcutta High Court
A single-judge bench of Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) granted interim bail to Dutta in connection with the 2018 case. Dutta was arrested following allegations that Rs 1 crore was demanded from a local businessman on his instructions. Investigators filed a 1,730-page charge sheet before the Barasat court within 57 days of his arrest. In a separate hearing, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh’s bench denied bail to Bose, arrested by ED on May 11 for allegedly recommending names illegally for South Dum Dum Municipality jobs.
Dutta was arrested from his Rajarhat residence by Bidhannagar North Police in June. After a lower court rejected his bail application, he approached the high court. ED later joined the police probe to investigate alleged illegal financial transactions linked to the matter. Dutta is likely to walk out of prison ahead of Durga Puja .
Dutta was refused relief While co-accused Bidyut Gangopadhyay was granted bail earlier.
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to former Bidhannagar mayor Sabyasachi Dutta in an alleged extortion case , while rejecting the bail plea of former fire services minister Sujit Bose in a case connected with alleged irregularities in municipal recruitments.