Suspicion, howsoever high, cannot take the place of proof of guilt, observed the Calcutta High Court recently while acquitting two persons convicted by the trial court in an acid attack case.
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected a bail request of Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with an alleged cattle smuggling case.
Mondal filed the bail application through his attorney, stating that while he has been in the custody of the central inquiry agency for the last five months