TMC leaders granted interim bail by Calcutta High Court in Narada bribery case

29 May: In a major setback to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted interim bail to four West Bengal TMC leaders Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra and Subrata Mukherjee, and Sovan Chatterjee. They were arrested by the CBI on May 17 by the investigative agency in connection with the Narada bribery case.

While passing the order, the court asked them to submit a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh each with two sureties. They were asked to join the investigation through video conferencing. The high court also restricted them from giving interviews to news channels related to the CBI probe into theNarada case.

The bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justices IP Mukerji, Soumen Sen, Harish Tandon, and Arijit Mukherjee passed the order after the split verdict was passed by the two-Judge bench.