A hearing was held in the Jharkhand High Court on Thursday on the criminal appeal of former Ramgarh MLA, Mamta Devi. During the hearing, the court provided bail to Mamta Devi. The High Court has granted him bail in the Gola firing case. Earlier, she got bail in another case. After which now the way for Mamta Devi to come out of jail has been cleared.
At the same time, the High Court has given bail to the other convict of this case, Rajeev Jaiswal. The court has given bail to both of them on the condition of depositing the amount of fine. A hearing was held in the court of High Court Judge Justice, Navneet Kumar on Mamta Devi's petition. Advocate Bhola Nath Ojha presented the case on behalf of the state government. On the other hand, advocate Anurag Kashyap argued on behalf of Mamta Devi.
Former MLA Mamta Devi has been sentenced by Ramgarh Civil Court and Hazaribagh Civil Court in two different cases. In one case, on December 13, 2022, she was sentenced to 5 years. In the second case, on January 4, 2023, the special court of Hazaribagh sentenced Mamta Devi and BJP leader Rajeev Jaiswal to 2 years each in the case of Gola firing. Challenging both these sentences, an appeal was made in the High Court on behalf of Mamta Devi.