Overview

• Justice Joy Sengupta approved anticipatory bail for Beliaghata MLA Paresh Pal and KMC councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh in the Abhijit Sarkar murder probe.
• If arrested while appearing on a CBI summons before the lower court, each will be released immediately on a Rs 1 lakh bond.
• The order bars entry to the lane of Sarkar’s residence at Shitalatla Lane in Kankurgachi and restricts foreign travel without court permission.
• The court directed the three to cooperate with investigators, attend trial proceedings, avoid influencing witnesses, and refrain from provocative statements.
• The CBI named the trio in a June 30 supplementary chargesheet in the 2021 post-poll killing, after which they sought anticipatory bail in July.