MCOCA case: HC seeks police stand on bail plea of AAP MLA Naresh Balyan
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of the city police on a bail plea by AAP leader and Uttam Nagar MLA Naresh Balyan in a case lodged under the stringent MCOCA.
"Issue notice. Let status report be filed before the next date of hearing," Justice Vikas Mahajan said.
Senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for the lawmaker, urged the court to release him on the grounds that assembly elections were approaching and his wife was contesting.
"Give me interim bail at least. I am not a criminal," he said.
Pahwa also argued that there was "no shred of evidence" against Balyan.
Counsel for police sought time to file status report following which the court listed the matter for hearing on January 23.
On January 15, a trial court had denied bail to Balyan.
Before the trial court, Delhi police had opposed Balyan's bail application, claiming the investigation was at a crucial stage in the case, and if granted bail, the accused could hamper the probe.
Balyan was arrested in the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) case on December 4, 2024, the day a trial court granted him bail in an alleged extortion case.
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Sanjoy Roy sentenced to life imprisonment till death in rape, murder of RG Kar hospital doctor
Kolkata: A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjoy Roy to life imprisonment till death on Monday after he was convicted of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das in Sealdah had on Saturday held Roy guilty of the crime committed against the postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital on August 9 last year, which sparked off unprecedented and prolonged nationwide protests.
Judge Das said the crime did not fall under the "rarest of the rare" category as justification for not giving death penalty to the convict.
The court also directed the state to pay a compensation of Rs 17 lakh to the family of the deceased doctor.
The sentence was passed after the judge heard the final statements of the convict and his counsels placed in self-defence as well as those of the victim’s family, and the CBI.
Roy, a former civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was held guilty under Sections 64 (rape), 66 (punishment for causing death), and 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
