HC directs rearrest of Bulton and his nine associates

Kolkata, Sept 07 (UNI) A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court today passed an order directing to rearrest a notorious criminal and his nine associates who were acquitted by a lower court on charge of killing two people.

The bench, comprising Justice Amit Talukdar and Justice Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee, issued a ruling on an appeal of the prosecution seeking rearrest of Bulton and his nine associates.

Bulton and his accomplices were arrested for killing Sameer Howladar and his friend on June 29,2004. They were charged with the murder of the two and tried in a district sessions court in Barasat, the distict town of North 24 Paraganas but were acquitted of the charges for lack of evidence by the lower court.

Dissatisfied with the order, the state government moved an appeal before the high court which directed rearrest of the accused.

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