KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Tuesday allowed BJP leader Mukul Roy to wait an election rally to be addressed via prime minister Narendra Modi in Nadia district on Wednesday. Accused of conspiracy within the homicide of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas in Nadia, Roy have been barred via the high court from coming into the district as a situation for granting him meantime anticipatory bail.
A division bench comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and M Mandal allowed Roy to enter Nadia on Wednesday and attend the PM's rally at Ranaghat, following which he would have to go away the district via evening.
The court, alternatively, refused to grant him permission to wait four different BJP rallies in Nadia from April 25 to April 27, gazing that the ones weren't so vital and that he can cope with the rallies via video conferencing.
Advocate General Kishore Dutta adversarial Roy's prayer for permitting him to wait the rallies, submitting that investigation within the homicide case is at a critical degree and the presence of the petitioner, who is an influential political determine, would possibly impact the growth of the investigation.
Roy's counsel Phiroze Edulji prayed for relaxation of prerequisites of meantime anticipatory bail, claiming he was once taking a look after the marketing campaign for the Lok Sabha polls for the BJP in West Bengal and his presence is necessary for election meetings within the district.
TMC's Krishnaganj MLA Biswas was once shot dead in front of his house at the day of Saraswati Puja during a cultural programme on February 10.
Roy was once some of the four individuals named within the FIR and was once accused of conspiracy within the killing.
Rupali, the widow of Biswas, has been made a candidate for Ranaghat Lok Sabha seat, inside of which Krishnaganj is an assembly constituency, via the Trinamool Congress.
A division bench comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and M Mandal allowed Roy to enter Nadia on Wednesday and attend the PM's rally at Ranaghat, following which he would have to go away the district via evening.
The court, alternatively, refused to grant him permission to wait four different BJP rallies in Nadia from April 25 to April 27, gazing that the ones weren't so vital and that he can cope with the rallies via video conferencing.
Advocate General Kishore Dutta adversarial Roy's prayer for permitting him to wait the rallies, submitting that investigation within the homicide case is at a critical degree and the presence of the petitioner, who is an influential political determine, would possibly impact the growth of the investigation.
Roy's counsel Phiroze Edulji prayed for relaxation of prerequisites of meantime anticipatory bail, claiming he was once taking a look after the marketing campaign for the Lok Sabha polls for the BJP in West Bengal and his presence is necessary for election meetings within the district.
TMC's Krishnaganj MLA Biswas was once shot dead in front of his house at the day of Saraswati Puja during a cultural programme on February 10.
Roy was once some of the four individuals named within the FIR and was once accused of conspiracy within the killing.
Rupali, the widow of Biswas, has been made a candidate for Ranaghat Lok Sabha seat, inside of which Krishnaganj is an assembly constituency, via the Trinamool Congress.
HC allows Mukul to attend PM's rally in Nadia
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