SC grants bail to suspended TMC leader Kuntal Ghosh in Bengal school job case [Video]

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to the suspended youth Trinamool Congress leader, Kuntal Ghosh, in connection with the cash-for-school job case lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Taking into consideration the delay in commencement of the trial, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said that continued incarceration of Kuntal Ghosh would not be in conformity with the settled principles of criminal justice of speedy and fair trial.

Kuntal Ghosh will be released on conditions as may be fixed by the trial court. He will deposit his passport and will not leave the state of West Bengal without prior permission, as per the SC order.

The apex court added that bail conditions in the ED case will also apply to the CBI case.

Last week, the Calcutta High Court granted conditional bail to Kuntal Ghosh in the money laundering case registered against him by …