The Supreme Court docket on Friday handed an order offering safety to BJP MP and Minister of State (MoS) for Residence Affairs Nisith Pramanik towards any coercive motion in an attempt-to-murder case until the matter is heard by the Calcutta Excessive Court docket.
The highest courtroom was listening to Pramanik’s plea looking for anticipatory bail in an attempt-to-murder case. Nevertheless, the courtroom clarified that it has not expressed any opinion on the deserves of the case and the excessive courtroom shall determine the case by itself deserves.
The bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal on Thursday issued a discover to the West Bengal authorities looking for its response.
Whereas agreeing to listen to the case, the bench had directed senior advocate PS Patwalia, showing for Pramanik, to serve the copy of the petition to West Bengal. Pramanik moved the highest courtroom difficult the Calcutta Excessive Court docket order that refused to grant him anticipatory bail within the case.
Patwalia informed the bench right now that “Pramanik has to go to West Bengal and he’s scared.”
Pramanik in his petition earlier than the highest courtroom submitted that his liberty was in danger because of the apprehension of arrest. He additional stated that the Excessive Court docket order has hindered his probability of looking for safety.
An attempt-to-murder case was registered towards Pramanik in 2018 after a bunch of individuals had opened fireplace on Trinamool Congress staff. An individual was allegedly shot at and injured within the firing. Pramanik, in his plea, stated {that a} Justice of the Peace had issued a warrant towards him within the case.
Pramanik contested the parliamentary polls in 2019 on a BJP ticket and received the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat. The BJP MP who was earlier with the TMC, has refuted the allegation of orchestrating the violence.
Pramanik has been charged in a case together with 35 others for allegedly attacking a Cooch Behar resident Fajlu Munshi. The costs towards him embody try and homicide (307), inflicting grievous harm (326), wrongful restraint (341), and felony conspiracy (120B), and the Arms Act.