Justice Jaimalya Bagchi of Calcutta High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to state BJP vice-president Joyprakash Majumder who was arrested for allegedly duping some students who had appeared for TET examination.
He was released on personal bond worth Rs 10,000 and he will have to appear before Bidhannagar police station two days a week. The state counsel had opposed the bail. Majumder was arrested 19 days ago.
The matter came up for hearing in Justice Bagchi's court on Wednesday. Bhaskar Sen and Tirthankar Dutta, counsels appearing on behalf of Majumder said that the allegations against him that he had taken money from some TET examinees who wanted to file a case in the Supreme Court against state government was baseless. They said the examinees had filed a case in the Supreme Court. The judge examined the papers relating to the case and granted him conditional bail.
Some TET examinees had filed a complaint of duping against Majumder in August 2016. They alleged that he had taken Rs 7.20 lakh in two instalments from them to file a case in the Supreme Court. However, no case was filed. The police had sent notice to him asking him to come to the police station. He was interrogated for several hours at Bidhannagar North police station after which he was arrested on January 14.
Majumder's conditional bail has brought some relief to the BJP camp. Earlier, state BJP president Dilip Ghosh had said that law would take its own course. Later, state leaders stood by his side following instructions from Delhi.