The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Left Front Minister and CPI(M) MLA Susanta Ghosh in connection with a skeleton recovery case.
A bench of justices comprising of Justice Altamas Kabir and Gyan Sudha Misra while granting bail imposed the condition that Mr. Ghosh would not visit West Bengal's West Midnapore district other than his Assembly constituency Garbeta.
The court, which allowed the appeal against the denial of bail by the Calcutta High Court on September 29, last year, said Mr. Ghosh would also have to visit a police station nearest to his residence on the last Sunday of every month between 11 am and 2 pm.
Other conditions for bail would be imposed by the trial court.
Mr. Ghosh's bail plea was argued by Advocate Ajay Sharma, who had filed the appeal against the High Court order.
Mr. Ghosh had been custody since last August after his arrest by the state CID for his alleged complicity in the murder of Ajay Acharya, whose son filed an FIR following the discovery of a skeleton from a pit.
Seven skeletons were found from a pit dug near Ghosh's ancestral house at Benachapra in West Midinipur district. DNA results proved that the skeletons that were found out were of Ajay Acharya. In the FIR, Shyamal Acharya named Mr. Ghosh as one of the key accused.
He alleged that his father was killed along with the other six, all Trinamool Congress supporters in September, 2002 and their bodies were buried.
Mr.Ghosh has maintained that it is a politically motivated case and was filed after a change in the government in the state.
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