The courtroom was listening to Sanjay Roy’s bail petition.
Kolkata:
The absence of the CBI’s investigating officer within the rape and homicide of the trainee physician in Kolkata and a 40-minute delay within the arrival of the company’s lawyer prompted an indignant courtroom within the metropolis to surprise if it ought to grant bail to the principle accused. The courtroom additionally pulled up the company and stated this mirrored a “torpid angle” on its half.
The developments in courtroom additionally prompted an assault on the CBI and the BJP from the Trinamool Congress, which has been beneath hearth over its dealing with of the horrific crime, with the occasion alleging that makes an attempt are being made to “sabotage justice”. The investigation had been transferred to the company from the Kolkata Police on the instructions of the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom.
Listening to the bail petition of Sanjay Roy – a civic volunteer who has been arrested for raping and killing the trainee physician on the RG Kar Medical School and Hospital – on Friday afternoon, a Justice of the Peace on the Sealdah courtroom famous that the CBI’s investigating officer was not current for the listening to.
As Roy’s lawyer made arguments for bail, Further Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace Pamela Gupta was knowledgeable that the general public prosecutor can be arriving late. Whereas the anticipate the lawyer continued, the Justice of the Peace remarked, “Ought to I grant bail to Sanjay Roy? This displays a severely torpid angle on the a part of the CBI. It is rather unlucky.”
The lawyer ultimately reached about 40 minutes late, prompting the defence lawyer to additionally increase the problem of the delay. The arguments then continued and, after listening to either side, the Justice of the Peace despatched Roy to judicial custody for 14 days.
Reacting to what had occurred within the courtroom, the Trinamool Congress stated this mirrored a “blatant disregard for justice”.
“The courtroom obtained indignant, waited, and but nobody got here. We need to ask what occurred. Why is the opposition not reacting to this? It has been over 24 days and over 570 hours for the reason that CBI took over the investigation, what has been the end result? Your complete nation is asking. This reveals that the CBI shouldn’t be taking the case critically…” Trinamool Congress chief Chandrima Bhattacharya stated.
In two completely different posts on X, the Trinamool Congress additionally hit out on the BJP and the CPM.
“Right this moment, through the R G Kar case listening to, the Investigating Officer & Public Prosecutor of @CBIHeadquarters went MIA (lacking in motion). Is that this not an outright insult to the sufferer? A blatant disregard for justice? The place are the calls for for accountability? Have @BJP4India & @CPIM_WESTBENGAL misplaced their voice?” the occasion’s deal with posted.
“After 24 days of stalling, @CBIHeadquarters did not even trouble to ship their Investigating Officer or Public Prosecutor for the R G Kar case listening to. That is nothing in need of SABOTAGING JUSTICE!” it stated in one other publish, including that the CBI ought to cease “dragging its ft” and the BJP ought to take out a protest march in opposition to this.
The trainee physician was raped and murdered inside a seminar corridor of the RG Kar Medical School and Hospital and her physique was discovered on August 9. Her post-mortem report, which put the time of loss of life between 3 and 5 am, revealed that a number of accidents have been inflicted on her earlier than she was smothered to loss of life.
