Kolkata (PTI): The Calcutta High Courton Friday took up the bail prayer of Ashok Todi for hearing after the judges of a division bench had on Monday differed on the issue of granting bail to the industrialist who is accused of abetting the suicide of his son in-law Rizwanur Rahman.
Lawyers for Rizwanur's mother Kishwar Jahan and Todi argued their case against and for the bail prayer before Justice D P Sengupta, who adjourned the matter till Tuesday for further hearing. While Jahan's counsel Kalyan Banerjee submitted that as Ashok Todi was the main accused and had earlier intimidated Rizwanur through different means, he should not be granted bail at this stage.
Todi's counsel Joymalya Bagchi claimed before the single bench judge that the investigating agency CBI had not felt the need for taking him into custody even during investigation and there could be no need for his custody now that the chargesheet has been submitted.
He also submitted that Todi was an industrialist and would not flee and had used the legal options all along since he was accused of abetting Riwanur's suicide. The CBI counsel would make his submission before the court on Tuesday, following which the court may take a decision on the bail prayer.
The division bench comprising Justice Amit Talukdar and Justice P S Banerjee had differed on the issue, with the former being in favour of granting bail, while the latter was disinclined.