The Calcutta High Court has declined to grant interim protection to Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, in connection with criminal cases registered against him.

Roy has been in custody in connection with an array of criminal cases. On this occassion, the court was moved seeking relief in another array of cases in which Roy had not yet been tagged.

Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya refused to grant interim relief after the State sought accommodation in the matter. The Court observed that the issues raised in the plea required detailed consideration and, therefore, the interim prayer could not be granted at this stage.

The matter was taken up after Senior Advocate Ayan Bhattacharjee, appearing for Roy, sought interim protection in the meantime.

Accomodation was sought on behalf of Additional Advocate General (AAG) Rajdeep Majumdar, following which the Court declined to grant the interim prayer and directed that the matter be listed next Monday.

The matter will be taken up again next Monday.

Case: Sumit Roy v State of West Bengal