The RG Kar Medical College Hospital Principal Sandipt Ghosh is in deep troubled waters. The gravity of the situation and level of allegations are so serious against him that it could even invite the death penalty.
Chief Judicial Magistrate S Dey has observed that the nature and gravity of the accusation are grave, and if proven, it may attract capital punishment. The designated CBI court has also denied bail to the principal saying his offence is grave.
The CBI had arrested Ghosh and former officer in charge of Tala police station Abhijit Mondal for alleged tampering of evidence and delay in filing of FIR in the rape and murder of a lady doctor at the state-run hospital on August 9.
The court said it would be an injustice to flout the principle of equity to release the accused on bail.
The court said in the order that a person may commit an offense with the help of others, and there is no need to be present for the other accused at the place of occurrence.
The court also rejected the bail plea of Abhijit Mondal. It granted the CBI prayer for judicial custody of the two accused till Sept 30.
However, Dr Sandip Ghosh’s counsel that his client was falsely implicated in the case and there was no act on his part to commit the crime as alleged.
The post-graduate doctor’s body was found with severe injuries in the seminar hall of RG Kar Hospital early morning on August 9