R.G. Kar case: Former police officer Mondal, ex-principal Sandip Ghosh get bail

Former police officer and hospital principal granted bail in rape-murder case due to delayed chargesheet filing.

The Sealdah court on Friday (December 13, 2024) granted bail to former officer-in-charge of Tala police station Abhijit Mondal and R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh in the rape and murder case of an on-duty doctor.

While Mr. Mondal was accused of alleged delay in filing of FIR in the rape and murder of the on-duty doctor at R. G. Kar Hospital on August 9, Mr. Ghosh was accused of tampering of evidence in the case.

The two were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the rape-murder case on an order of the Calcutta High Court.

The additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM), Sealdah court, granted bail to the two accused persons as chargesheet against them was not filed within the mandatory 90-day period, a lawyer representing Mr. Ghosh said.

Mr. Mondal’s lawyer told reporters outside the court that he will walk out of the correctional home where he is incarcerated on judicial remand.

Mr. Ghosh, who is on judicial remand in another case of alleged financial irregularities at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, will however, remain behind bars despite being granted bail in the rape-murder case.