The four leaders, Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee were arrested on the morning of May 17.
A special CBI court had granted them interim bail on the same evening but the CBI filed a plea transfer petition before the Calcutta High Court seeking transfer of the case from the court dealing with the matter.
The CBI cited threat to the probe agency on the ground that TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee and others were sitting in dharna outside the agency’s office. It was also highlighted that the State Law Minister and others had protested outside the special court impeding justice dispensation and creating an intimidating atmosphere.
The High Court had then in a late night sitting cancelled the bail the very same day, i.e May 17.
The accused then filed a recall application seeking recall of the May 17 order.
Both the CBI’s transfer plea and recall application by the accused were taken up for hearing on Wednesday.
Source: https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/narada-case-calcutta-high-court-to-continue-hearing-case-tomorrow
