Partha Chatterjee's Bail: SC Questions ED's Conviction Rate, Asks 'How Long Accused Can Be Kept Undertrial?'
ABP NewsThe Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the former West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee's bail petition and questioned the Enforcement Directorate over the delay in commencement of trial in the money laundering case against him in the alleged scam in the recruitment of Assistant Primary Teachers in West Bengal. A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan while expressing concern over the delay in trial also asked ED about its conviction rate. The ED however opposed interim bail to Chatterjee's and said that he might exert pressure to make the witnesses retract their statements. The bench expressed that interim bail can be granted on an experimental basis to see the progress of the trial but listed the matter on next Monday while seeking more information from ED and CBI.