Guwahati: The Gauhati high court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on the bail plea of Sandipon Garg, an accused in the death case of singer Zubeen Garg, after the hearing was completed on Tuesday.Sandipon, Zubeen’s cousin, was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He has been lodged in Baksa jail since Oct 15 last year.Special public prosecutor Z Kamar said, “The hearing of the bail petition was completed on Tuesday and the court has reserved its judgment. The court has not set a date for pronouncing the judgment.”Sandipon was suspended from the Assam Police on Oct 8 after his arrest the same day in connection with the case. He was arrested following seven days of questioning and was serving as a DSP.He accompanied Zubeen to Singapore on Sept 17 last year and was with the singer on a yacht when Zubeen died while swimming in the sea off the island nation on Sept 19.Zubeen was scheduled to perform at the North East India Festival there on Sept 20.Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Zubeen’s manager Siddharth Sharma, bandmate Shekharjyoti Goswami, co-singer Amritprava Mahanta and two personal security officers were also arrested. The HC granted bail to Amritprava on Friday, while the others remain lodged in different jails.Sandipon, along with Shyamkanu, Siddharth, Nandeswar and Paresh Baishya, was remanded in judicial custody by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (Metro), on Oct 15 last year. They were taken to Baksa district jail instead of Guwahati Central Jail for security reasons.Amritprava and Shekharjyoti were remanded in judicial custody and taken to Haflong sub-jail on Oct 17 last year.The trial is under way in the fast-track court.
