Headline: Kolkata Court Criticizes CBI Lawyer Over Delay in Sanjay Roy’s Bail Hearing: Key Updates
A Kolkata court was left waiting for 50 minutes as a CBI lawyer delayed the bail hearing of Sanjay Roy, the main suspect in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, as per the Times of India. Here are the top updates:
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The delay led a frustrated magistrate to question whether to grant bail to Roy in the lawyer’s absence. "If the lawyer is not present, he should be granted bail," remarked Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Pamela Gupta.
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West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has forwarded the anti-rape Bill, passed by the assembly, to President Droupadi Murmu for consideration. This action followed the Governor’s review of the technical report provided by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant.
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The referred Bill, known as the ‘Aparajita Bill,’ was sent to President Murmu after receiving the necessary technical report from the state government.
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Sanjay Roy’s bail plea was rejected by a Kolkata court, and he was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days until September 20. The hearing saw Roy in tears during the virtual session.
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The Supreme Court is set to review the RG Kar rape-murder case on Monday. The case will be heard by a bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to focus on concrete actions for women’s safety, emphasizing the importance of timely justice under existing laws like the POCSO Act.
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Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused CM Mamata Banerjee of distancing herself from the investigation and attempting to mislead the process.
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Chowdhury asserted that from the start, there were attempts to mislead the investigation to shield the state government. He urged Banerjee to assist the CBI in the probe.
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Youth, student, and women’s wings of the CPI(M) held a sit-in at Howrah, demanding justice for the young doctor allegedly raped and murdered at the state hospital.
- Members of DYFI, SFI, and the All India Democratic Women’s Association staged a march towards the district chief medical officer’s office but were halted by police barricades, leading to a minor scuffle.
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