Ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was released from jail after he was granted bail by the High Court in a money laundering case linked to a land scam on Friday morning.
Addressing the media after being released on bail, Soren said, “After 5 months, I have come out of jail legally. The last 5 months remained worrisome for Jharkhand. The whole country knows why I went to jail.”
He was granted bail two weeks after the court had reserved its order on the plea.
A single bench of Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay granted bail to the former Jharkhand CM on a Rs 50,000 bail bond and two sureties of the same amount.
Soren’s counsel said that the court held the ex-chief minister prima facie is not guilty of the offence.
“The court has held that prima facie he is not guilty of the offence and there is no likelihood of the petitioner committing an offence when on bail,” senior counsel Arunabh Chowdhury was quoted by PTI as saying.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed happiness about Hemant Soren’s bail and hoped he would soon begin public activities.
“Hemant Soren, an important tribal leader, and Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had to resign because of a case, but today he has received bail from the Hon’ble High Court! I am very happy with the great development and am sure that he will start his public activities immediately. Welcome back, Hemant, amidst us!” the TMC supremo wrote in an X post.
The executive president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 31 in connection with a money laundering case. The 48-year-old politician had been lodged in Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi since his arrest.
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