The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the probe into the assault cases against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kabir Shankar Bose to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). [Kabir Shankar Bose v State of West Bengal and ors].The matter was being probe by the West Bengal Police prompting Bose to approach the Court claiming that he has been falsely implicated in these cases by Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerji.A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Pankaj Mithal passed the order allowing the plea."A writ of mandamus is issued to state of West Bengal to hand over the investigation to CBI so that trial may commence and justice is done to parties," the Court ordered. .Singh was one of six BJP leaders who had approached the Supreme Court in 2020 alleging a "witch-hunt" by the West Bengal Police at the behest of ruling Trinamool Congress Party. They sought transfer of all cases registered against them by West Bengal police to any other "independent" investigating agency..Bose, who was married to TMC leader Banerji's daughter earlier, claimed that after he filed for divorce, multiple cases were lodged against him at the behest of Banerji due to political and personal rivalry.The criminal charges cited against Bose in two cases filed in December 2020 included those for causing hurt, criminal intimidation, outraging the modesty of women etc, on allegations that he assaulted TMC workers and molested a woman. Bose refuted the allegations and claimed that on December 6, 2020, he and his security detail came under heavy attack and sloganeering under the leadership of one Santosh Kumar Singh alias Pappu Singh just outside his residence at around 8 PM. As per protocol, the security personnel immediately took Bose to a secure location.The petition claimed that till 2 AM, the entire building was under siege by over 200 TMC hooligans led by Banerji, the sitting Member of Parliament of the area. These actions were supported actively by the State Police, Bose claimed.When he later went to the police station, Bose claimed that officers were repeatedly saying that Banerji was putting tremendous pressure on them to immediately arrest him. Thus, he was arrested while at the police station.Bose also claimed that he was deliberately and intentionally kept in a COVID-19 isolation ward for around four hours in "utter violation of his right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.".In January 2021, the Supreme Court had stayed the FIRs filed against him in 2020. Today, the Court entrusted the probe into these cases to the CBI. .Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani appeared for Bose, along with advocates Amit Mishra, Mitakshara Goyal and Surjendu Sankar Das (Advocate on Record).Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for the CBI.Additional Solicitor General Vikramjeet Banerjee appeared for the CISF.Advocate Astha Sharma represented the State of West Bengal, and Advocate Zoheb Hossain appeared for the TMC MP (Kalyan Banerjee)..[Read judgment]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the probe into the assault cases against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kabir Shankar Bose to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). [Kabir Shankar Bose v State of West Bengal and ors].The matter was being probe by the West Bengal Police prompting Bose to approach the Court claiming that he has been falsely implicated in these cases by Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerji.A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Pankaj Mithal passed the order allowing the plea."A writ of mandamus is issued to state of West Bengal to hand over the investigation to CBI so that trial may commence and justice is done to parties," the Court ordered. .Singh was one of six BJP leaders who had approached the Supreme Court in 2020 alleging a "witch-hunt" by the West Bengal Police at the behest of ruling Trinamool Congress Party. They sought transfer of all cases registered against them by West Bengal police to any other "independent" investigating agency..Bose, who was married to TMC leader Banerji's daughter earlier, claimed that after he filed for divorce, multiple cases were lodged against him at the behest of Banerji due to political and personal rivalry.The criminal charges cited against Bose in two cases filed in December 2020 included those for causing hurt, criminal intimidation, outraging the modesty of women etc, on allegations that he assaulted TMC workers and molested a woman. Bose refuted the allegations and claimed that on December 6, 2020, he and his security detail came under heavy attack and sloganeering under the leadership of one Santosh Kumar Singh alias Pappu Singh just outside his residence at around 8 PM. As per protocol, the security personnel immediately took Bose to a secure location.The petition claimed that till 2 AM, the entire building was under siege by over 200 TMC hooligans led by Banerji, the sitting Member of Parliament of the area. These actions were supported actively by the State Police, Bose claimed.When he later went to the police station, Bose claimed that officers were repeatedly saying that Banerji was putting tremendous pressure on them to immediately arrest him. Thus, he was arrested while at the police station.Bose also claimed that he was deliberately and intentionally kept in a COVID-19 isolation ward for around four hours in "utter violation of his right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.".In January 2021, the Supreme Court had stayed the FIRs filed against him in 2020. Today, the Court entrusted the probe into these cases to the CBI. .Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani appeared for Bose, along with advocates Amit Mishra, Mitakshara Goyal and Surjendu Sankar Das (Advocate on Record).Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for the CBI.Additional Solicitor General Vikramjeet Banerjee appeared for the CISF.Advocate Astha Sharma represented the State of West Bengal, and Advocate Zoheb Hossain appeared for the TMC MP (Kalyan Banerjee)..[Read judgment]
