Dogra8217;s bail plea deferred

Under the circumstances, he said, the matter was being placed before the chief justice. The chief justice, however, did not take up the case today nor did he fix a date for next hearing. The hearing of the bail plea was to come up yesterday challenging the September 16 order of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup district, remanding Dogra to 14 days judicial custody by rejecting his bail application.

Dogra was admitted in the Guwahati Medical College hospital last night after he complained of hypertension. He had been arrested here on September 15. under Sections 120, 120 a, 121, 121 a and 122 of the Indian Penal Code to be read with the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

The Tata Tea executive8217;s arrest was made following a two-day interrogation by a special police team on charges of abetting terrorism in Assam and funding ULFA militants, including their medical expenses, hotel bills and air fares in Mumbai.