Overview
- The release order was issued on Monday and his discharge is expected by Tuesday morning after prison formalities and medical clearance at the Kolkata hospital where he is admitted.
- The court also ordered bail for former WBSSC chairperson Subiresh Bhattacharya and former adviser Santi Prasad Sinha.
- This step followed the completion of testimony from eight material witnesses that the Supreme Court required before implementing previously granted bail.
- Chatterjee, arrested in July 2022 in the SSC recruitment cases probed by the CBI and ED, has spent about three years and three months in custody.
- High Court conditions remain in force, including surrender of passport, weekly reporting, a bar on contacting witnesses and holding public office beyond his MLA role, while the corruption trial under the Prevention of Corruption Act continues.