High Court allows bail for Debjani Mukherjee
It is also not the case of the CBI that the petitioner did not co-operate in the process of investigation and there is no allegation that she is likely to tamper with evidence, it was observed.
It is also not the case of the CBI that the petitioner did not co-operate in the process of investigation and there is no allegation that she is likely to tamper with evidence, it was observed.
Reportedly, the evidences that have been collected against Mukul Roy, the TMC-turned-BJP leader, would make it hard for him to avoid a prison term.
Hearing the plea, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bodbe told the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that he must have top convince him on why Kumar's arrest is necessary as he is a high-ranking officer.
The court asked Rajeev Kumar to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two persons as surety in order to get the relief.
The CBI is talking to its lawyers to chalk out its next move, a source related to the probe said.
After the Calcutta High Court withdrew his protection from arrest, the CBI on Friday served a notice to Kumar, asking him to appear before the investigating team on Saturday.
After the court’s direction was appealed to be changed, Justice Mitra asked Mr Mukherjee to file an affdavit on this issue.
The Supreme Court had last week refused to entertain the plea of Kumar seeking protection from arrest by CBI till concerned jurisdictional court in Bengal decides his anticipatory bail plea.
Kumar, who served as the city police chief since May 2016, was shifted to the post of Additional Director General of the State CID Department.
This is the third consecutive day of questioning for Kumar by the CBI and the second day for Ghosh, who was made to sit face-to-face with the police commissioner, on Monday.
