CBI counsel Partha Sarathi Dutta argued that Sinh's custody should be counted from Saturday because he was produced in court on this day.
Sinh's defence counsel Sabyasachi Banerjee said, "Matang was arrested by CBI on January 31 and then he was sent to the hospital. On Thursday, he was released and after going to jail, he again fell ill and had to be admitted to jail hospital. During these seven days, he couldn't be produced. If CBI is asking for custody from today then what was his status so far?" Banerjee asked.
The CBI counsel held that the period between January 31 and February 7 should be considered as transit remand. "Sinh went into a financial agreement with Sudipta Sen and was responsible for siphoning a huge amount through transfer of shares, illegal deposits and media business. He accumulated a huge amount of money through wrongful means. He is also a part of larger conspiracy and was responsible for influencing people. We need to interrogate him. I, therefore, seek his police custody for seven days," the CBI counsel said.
Sinh intervened at this point. "I have always cooperated with the investigating agency. When in October I was summoned by CBI, I sent all the documents. I couldn't come because I had to go for a medical checkup. I am a patient of Grade 2 liver transplantation where survival rate in India is only 3%. Even this time when I came, I told them that I will have to go to Indore for checkup on Monday but they arrested me," Sinh said.
The undertrial told the court that he had no intention to evade questioning. "I wouldn't have come to the CBI office if I had the intention to avoid CBI. I even paid Rs 50 lakh to Justice Shaymal Sen Commission when I was asked to do that. When I came to CGO complex on Saturday, they kept me waiting for five hours. They arrested me after questioning for five minutes only. I said I had a stomach ache but they kept me in that condition for another two hours and took me to NRS Medical College where I was left uncared on a stretcher for another two hours. My immune system is not good and I am a patient of hypertension. They gave two pain killers in the morning and brought me to the court. I am ready to cooperate but for that I need to be alive," Sinh added.
Hearing both the counsels, additional chief judicial magistrate (in-charge) of Alipore court, Manikuntala Roy, granted CBI the remand of Sinh till February 11. The court also allowed Sinh to have medicines (mainly imported) that the jail authorities can't provide.
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