Guwahati: Suspended Assam police officer Sandipon Garg, who has been granted bail in singer Zubeen Garg’s death case, appeared before the fast-track court on Monday for the first time since his release from jail.Sandipon is facing trial on a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. He is Zubeen’s cousin and was on the yacht when the singer died while swimming in the sea in Singapore on Sept 19 last year.Gauhati high court granted him bail on Oct 16 after the special public prosecutor submitted that he might not have been part of the alleged original conspiracy. The court also took note of the relatively less serious charges against him, completion of the investigation and the period he spent in judicial custody.Sandipon was arrested on Oct 8 and had been in custody since Oct 15 last year.He was one of seven people arrested in the case. The others are North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Zubeen’s bandmate Shekharjyoti Goswami, manager Siddharth Sharma, co-singer Amritprava Mahanta, and two personal security officers, Nanadeswar Bora and Paresh Baishya.Amritprava was granted bail by the high court on Oct 9. The remaining accused are currently lodged in different jails.
