Kolkata: The Sealdah court on Friday, December 13, granted bail to former officer-in-charge of the Tala police station Abhijit Mondal and R G Kar Medical College and Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh in the rape and murder case of an on-duty doctor.
While Mondal was accused of an alleged delay in the filing of the FIR in the rape and murder of the on-duty doctor at R G Kar Hospital on August 9, Ghosh was accused of tampering with evidence in the case.
The two were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the rape-murder case on an order of the Calcutta High Court.
The additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) of the Sealdah court granted bail to the two accused persons, as the chargesheet against them was not filed within the mandatory 90-day period, a lawyer representing Ghosh said.
Mondal’s lawyer told reporters outside the court that he will walk out of the correctional home where he is incarcerated on judicial remand.
Ghosh, who is on judicial remand in another case of alleged financial irregularities at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, will, however, remain behind bars despite being granted bail in the rape-murder case.
