Calcutta HC Accepts Petition Against Police's Rejection of Protest Permission for RG Kar Case
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Kolkata, Dec 17 (NationPress) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court acknowledged a petition on Tuesday morning from the West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors, which is a collective of senior physicians, that challenges the Kolkata Police's refusal to permit a 10-day sit-in demonstration aimed at protesting the “default bail” granted to two individuals, Sandip Ghosh and Abhijit Mondal, who are accused of tampering with evidence.
However, the original timeline for the sit-in protest, scheduled to commence on Tuesday evening and continue until December 26, has been disrupted as a hearing on the matter is anticipated to occur on Wednesday, as confirmed by an official from the association.
The association had previously communicated via email to the Kolkata Police requesting authorization for the sit-in demonstration at Dorina Crossing in central Kolkata. Nevertheless, the police denied this request, citing potential traffic congestion in the vicinity as the reason. Consequently, the association approached the single-judge bench led by Justice Tirthankar Ghosh at the Calcutta High Court to contest the police's refusal, which was subsequently accepted.
Last Friday, a special court in Kolkata granted “default bail” to the former and controversial principal of R.G. Kar, Sandip Ghosh, and the former SHO of Tala Police Station, Abhijit Mondal, due to the CBI's failure to file a charge sheet against them within the mandated 90 days following their arrests.
Both Ghosh and Mondal face accusations of misleading the investigation and tampering with evidence during the initial inquiry conducted by the Kolkata Police.
So far, the CBI has only submitted one charge sheet in this case, identifying civic volunteer Sanjay Roy as the “sole prime” accused in the rape and murder case.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, representing junior doctors in the state, has already threatened to resume their ceasework protest, which they had previously suspended for the sake of public interest.
The parents of the victimized female doctor have asserted that due to the CBI's ineffectiveness in this case, “protests on the streets” with widespread public backing are now their only recourse.
