The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to former Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in a CBI case. West Bengal Primary School Recruitment Scam.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said it was unlikely that the trial would be completed in the near future in the case where Ghosh has been in custody for the last 19 months.
Advocate MS Khan, appearing for Ghosh, presented two orders of the trial court to buttress his argument that the trial will not be completed in the near future as the CBI is yet to file the final charge sheet in the case.
The bench granted bail to Ghosh and asked him not to leave from there. west bengal Without prior permission of the court or investigating agency.
It said Ghosh will also not hold any public office and will not make any statement in the media related to the merits of the investigation.
On November 20, the Calcutta High Court granted conditional bail to Ghosh, one of the main accused in the Enforcement Directorate case related to the school recruitment scam.
Ghosh was arrested by the ED on January 21, 2023, in a money laundering case and subsequently on February 20, 2023, in a corruption case related to the West Bengal primary school recruitment scam.