Kolkata, November 12 (UNI) In a fresh setback for Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected his plea seeking legal protection against arrest in any fresh case.
Justice Sougata Bhattacharyya dismissed the prayer for an interim protective order after his counsel told the court that he has already been 'shown arrested' in the Rs 400 crore soil theft case.
Roy's counsel submitted that the police had once again implicated his client in a new case, despite his earlier arrest in another corruption-related case. Pointing out the repeated arrests in separate cases, the lawyer urged the court to grant Roy protection against further arrest.
However, after considering the submissions, Justice Bhattacharya rejected the prayer. The development comes amid a series of legal troubles for Roy, who was earlier arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with a land scam and land fraud case. Before the legal proceedings in that case could conclude, police initiated fresh proceedings against him in the large-scale soil theft in Bishnupur.
Meanwhile, government counsel sought time to make its submissions as Additional Advocate General Rajdeep Majumdar had certain pressing engagements. The High Court has fixed November 19 for the next hearing.
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