Vikram Chatterjee granted bail in Sonika Chauhan death case

After spending 18 days in judicial custody, actor Vikram Chatterjee was once granted bail by means of Additional District Judge Sujay Sengupta of Alipore court docket the day gone by in the Sonika Chauhan loss of life case. Almost 3 months after the 27-year-old model died a sad loss of life, Vikram, who was once in the back of the wheels on the fateful night time, was once arrested on July 6 from South Kolkata. Initially, he was once handiest booked below Section 304 A (loss of life because of negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which is bailable. But police later slapped non-bailable section 304 (culpable homicide) in opposition to the actor citing proof that substantiated the speculation of over-speeding.

"The court has granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 with one surety of the same amount. It has also asked him to submit his passport and to be present before it on all hearings of the case," mentioned Vikram's attorney, Anirban Guha Thakurta.

Last week, Kolkata police filed a chargesheet in opposition to Vikram mentioning that there was once proof to end up that Vikram was once using his car at a top speed. The charge sheet cited around 40 witnesses, 8 of whom had recorded their statements earlier than a judicial Justice of the Peace. A document of the forensic test performed on the car additionally threw gentle on the fact that it was once dashing at over 105 km in step with hour when the mishap happened.