The Orissa High Court on Tuesday yet again deferred the hearing of bail application of arrested BJD MlA Pravat Ranjan Biswal when the prosecution could not submit the case diary (CD) in the court. The three-time ruling party legislator was arrested by the CBI last month for his alleged links in the multi-crore Seashore chit fund scam.
Calling for the CD, Justice Biswanath Rath posted the case to be taken up again after two weeks.
Sources said the matter is likely to be listed for hearing on November 3. Soon after Biswal’s arrest on September 19, he was taken ill and rushed to the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar in judicial custody.
When his condition further deteriorated, he was shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital here and since then the political leader is in the Cuttack hospital under custody.
Seeking bail on health grounds, he had approached the High Court after his bail applications were rejected twice by the lower courts.