Kolkata: Calcutta High Court counsel and Congress chief Koustav Bagchi, who was arrested by Kolkata Police on Saturday morning for allegedly making derogatory remarks in opposition to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was granted bail by a decrease courtroom on the identical day. Senior advocate of Calcutta High Court and CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, who appeared as Bagchi`s counsel, made a robust argument on behalf of his shopper. “Is my client a terrorist? Who gave the right to the police to barge into his residence in the wee hours at around 3 a.m.? There is directive even from the Supreme Court barring police from barging into anyone`s residence in the wee hours or late in the night. The arrest was made without serving any notice under Section 41A of CrPC. This is an infringement on the fundamental rights of a person,” Bhattacharya argued.
He additionally stated that the investigating officer within the case needs to be slapped with a show-cause discover for issuing the discover underneath Ssection 41A.
“We as legal practitioners are highly terrified. How can the police barge into the residence of a lawyer during the wee hours in a democratic country? Was that residence owned by a terrorist,” Bhattacharya questioned.
In his counter-argument, the general public prosecutor stated that some feedback by Bagchi may set off violence, which must be investigated. After listening to each side, the courtroom granted bail to Bagchi in opposition to a private bond of Rs 1,000.
After the outcomes of the bypoll to the Sagardighi Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district was introduced on Thursday, during which Left-backed Congress candidate Baryon Biswas trounced Trinamool Congress nominee Debasish Bandopadhyay by 23,000 votes, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had launched a scathing assault in opposition to state Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, referring to his daughter`s suicide in 2006.
On Friday, Bagchi held a press convention the place he referred to a e book written by former IAS officer Deepak Kumar Ghosh, which reportedly has some references in regards to the private lifetime of the Chief Minister.
Bagchi stated that since Banerjee has began making private assaults by referring to the suicide of Chowdhury`s daughter, he would now counter them by circulating comfortable copies of Ghosh`s e book via WhatsApp.
The arrest evoked robust criticism from all corners, together with from inside the Trinamool Congress.
