New Delhi:
Former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee has been granted bail by the Supreme Court docket in a cash laundering case associated to the cash-for-job rip-off, pending fees to be framed in opposition to the suspended Trinamool chief. A bench by Justice Surya Kant mentioned Mr Chatterjee ought to be launched on February 1 or instantly after fees are framed and witness statements are recorded.
The Enforcement Directorate had filed the chargesheet within the case, however the fees are but to be framed.
The court docket has requested the trial court docket to report the statements of the primary witnesses and body the costs quickly. “We direct the trial court docket to determine on framing of fees earlier than the winter trip begins or earlier than 31.12.2024,” the court docket mentioned.
The reduction adopted an argument by senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgai that the senior chief has been in jail for over two years he ought to now get bail.
He was refused bail earlier in April by the Calcutta Excessive Court docket.