The special judge had noted in its order that CBI had not sought custody of the four accused for interrogation but prayer was for judicial custody which cannot be a ground for detention of the arrested persons.
“Considering all these aspects the accused persons namely Sir Madan Mitra, Firhad Hakim @ Bobby Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee and Sovan Chatterjee (are) granted interim bail,” the Court ordered.
The bail was subject to the them furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 50,000 each with two sureties of Rs. 25,000 each.
Interestingly, the special court, in granting bail to the accused, had relied upon the recent judgment of the Supreme Court urging decongestion of prisons to avoid COVID-19 spread.
“The Hon’ble Apex court is also of the view of that the over crowding of the accused in the prison might have an effect of the infection of the COVID-19 which should not be encouraged and accordingly, the Hon’ble Apex Court has directed the authorities concerned to deconjest the prison for avoiding the infection in between the inmates,” the Court said.
Source: https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/calcutta-high-court-stays-cbi-court-order-granting-bail-to-tmc-leaders
