Guwahati Fast-Track Court Reserves Bail Order for Shyamkanu Mahanta in Zubeen Garg Case

Overview

• Following a two-day hearing in the special fast-track court in Guwahati, the judge reserved the order on Mahanta’s fresh bail plea.
• Prosecutors argued that Mahanta told a Singapore hotel not to serve alcohol yet asked an Assamese NRI to buy Black & White whisky, alleging he then gave it to Garg before the yacht ride.
• Siddharth Sharma, the singer’s manager and co-accused, refiled a corrected bail application after the court flagged defects, and his hearing is pending.
• Day-to-day proceedings continue in the exclusive fast-track court, which is working off an extensive CID chargesheet that names seven people and levels murder and related charges.
• The filing accuses Mahanta, Sharma and two band members of murder, charges Garg’s cousin with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and has drawn public claims of innocence from Mahanta’s wife as Garg’s sister calls for accountability, even as Singapore found no foul play and ruled the death a drowning.