Overview

• Justice Suvra Ghosh ordered Chatterjee to surrender his passport, remain within the trial court’s jurisdiction, avoid public office during trial, and refrain from contacting witnesses.
• He has been in custody for more than three years since his 2022 arrest, having previously secured bail in other CBI and ED cases linked to the broader recruitment probe.
• The court noted he no longer holds an official position and that evidence is with the CBI, assessing the risk of interference or absconding as low.
• The decision follows recent CBI filings, including a final charges submission this month naming Paresh Adhikari and others, alongside an earlier charge sheet in the primary recruitment case.
• The wider probe has led to the Supreme Court canceling 25,752 appointments from the 2016 panel and to seizures of nearly ₹50 crore in cash and gold from an aide’s premises.