The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the relief granted to Sayan Lahri, a key figure who organised a student protest following the rape-murder of a trainee woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Bengal.
The West Bengal government had filed a plea saying that the Paschim Banga Chhtra Samaj leader led a violent march to the state secretariat on August 27 under the guise of a peaceful protest. In its plea, the Bengal government claimed it had not been given sufficient opportunity to oppose the court’s order granting protection to Lahri. The plea described the Calcutta High Court’s decision to grant Lahri relief as erroneous.
Earlier on Friday, the Calcutta High Court granted bail to Lahiri. Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj, an unregistered student group, was one of the two organisations that gave the call for the August 27 ‘Nabanna Abhijan’. Lahiri was arrested on August 27 evening for playing an active role in leading the rally which, the police said, turned violent, causing destruction of public and private property and attacks on police officers.
Acting on a plea by Lahiri’s mother Anjali seeking quashing of proceedings against him and grant of bail, the Calcutta High Court had on Friday ordered his release from police custody on Saturday. The Kolkata Police released Lahiri from its custody on Saturday. A woman post-graduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the West Bengal government-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month, triggering nationwide outrage.
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