West Bengal Minister Madan Mitra has been placed under house arrest by the Calcutta High Court.
The directive came during the hearing of the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.
Mitra is currently admitted in a private hospital in Kolkata. He will be confined to his residence in Bhowanipore in south Kolkata after he is discharged from the hospital.
Until the next hearing in the case, the minister will not be allowed to leave his house.
He will, however, be allowed to leave in case of any medical emergency or if the CBI needs his presence during the investigation.
Sectional judges, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Mir Dara Sheko were on the bench.
Since the sessions judge was in a haste to grant bail, this case will be heard by a regular bench on November 17, till then he will remain under house arrest.
A member of the Trinamool Congress, Mitra was granted conditional bail on October 31, after 10 months of arrest.
His bail plea has been rejected by trial courts a couple of times earlier.
(With inputs from PTI)
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