Hemant Soren News / Summons, resignation, arrest and now bail… know the full timeline of Hemant Soren case

Hemant Soren News: Hemant Soren was nowhere to be seen in the last Lok Sabha elections, yet his wife Kalpana Soren's saying in all the meetings that 'Hemant hai to himmat hai' kept inspiring the party supporters. Soren remained behind the prison walls during this time on charges of land scam. The election passed. He also did not get bail from the Supreme Court for campaigning. But today a decision of the Jharkhand High Court would have given courage not only to Hemant Soren but also to his party supporters.

Hemant Soren has been granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court today. If there is no other major development in the coming days, he can also come out of jail. However, let us tell you here that immediately after the decision of the High Court, ED has approached the Supreme Court. In Arvind Kejriwal's case also, after getting bail from the trial court, ED knocked the door of Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court and then Kejriwal's bail was stayed. Will something similar happen in Soren's case as well? It is not clear at the moment.

Hemant Soren was arrested by the ED on January 31. He is accused of a land scam of 8.42 acres. According to the ED, this land could not be bought and sold. Despite this, Soren illegally occupied it. Hemant and his lawyer have been continuously calling these allegations fabricated. Even after the ED's arrest, Soren had issued a video message in this regard and called the allegations baseless.

Let's take a look at the timeline of this case

• August 8, 2023 - For the first time, the ED issued summons to the then Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren for questioning in the land scam case.
• August 14, 2023 - Soren said that he has already given all the necessary information and documents. He demanded the ED to withdraw the summons. Also, warned of legal action.
• December 11, 2023 - ED issued a fresh summons and called him for questioning the very next day, i.e. on December 12.
• 16 January, 2024 – When ED issued the eighth summons to Soren, he agreed to join the interrogation. Soren said that he will record his statement at the Secretariat on 20 January.
• 20 January, 2024 – ED recorded Soren's statement for the first time in the money laundering case.
• 23 January, 2024 – ED once again issued summons and asked Soren to be present for interrogation any day between 27 and 30 January.
• 26 January, 2024 – Soren told ED that he will respond to the summons soon.
• 29 January, 2024 – Meanwhile, ED officials searched Hemant Soren's Delhi residence. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister went 'missing' for two days. Finally, he was seen holding a meeting of MLAs supporting his government in Ranchi. 30 January 2024 – According to reports, Hemant Soren got the MLAs supporting the government to sign a letter of support. He also rejected the allegations of the Bharatiya Janata Party that he had disappeared to avoid ED investigation.
• 31 January 2024 – Hemant Soren was taken into custody by the ED and questioned for a long time. After the interrogation, Soren resigned to the Governor of Jharkhand. The ED arrested Soren.
• 4 February 2024 – Hemant Soren approached the Jharkhand High Court for bail. The High Court reserved the decision on February 28 after a long hearing.
• 3 May 2024 – The Jharkhand High Court pronounced its verdict on Soren's petition challenging the arrest. The High Court rejected the bail plea.
• 7 May 2024 – A fresh hearing on Hemant Soren's petition began in the Supreme Court.
• 22 May, 2024 – The Supreme Court refused to grant interim bail to Hemant Soren to campaign in view of the Lok Sabha elections. Soren had sought bail on the lines of the relief given to Arvind Kejriwal by the Supreme Court for campaigning.
• 27 May, 2024 – Soren once again filed a bail petition in the Jharkhand High Court.
• 13 June, 2024 – On Soren's bail plea, the Jharkhand High Court reserved its decision on June 13 after hearing the arguments of both the parties.
• 28 June, 2024 – Today the Jharkhand High Court read out its reserved decision and granted bail to Hemant Soren.

ED arrested him on 31 January

ED arrested Hemant Soren on 31 January this year in the alleged land scam. ED opposed Hemant Soren's bail plea. ED said that bail could affect the investigation. However, the court did not listen to ED and granted bail. Earlier, Soren's bail plea was rejected by the lower court.

What is the whole matter

ED lawyer SV Raju had said during the hearing that Hemant Soren has illegally occupied 8.45 acres of land in Bargai area of ​​​​Sebariatu. Which is money laundering under the provisions of PMLA 2002. Architect Vinod Singh made a map and sent it to Hemant Soren's mobile. Also, Vinod identified the land located in Bargain during the survey. Revenue employee Bhanu Pratap Prasad also helped Hemant Soren.

Bhanu Pratap Prasad has also admitted in his statement that on the instructions received from the Chief Minister's Office, he had prepared and provided a detailed description of the land located in Bargai. He also helped Hemant Soren in illegal occupation of this land in Hilarius Kachhap. Hilarius himself had taken electricity connection in his name on the concerned land. Also, this 8.45 acre land was also fenced with stones.

11 accused have been arrested

Let us tell you that Hemant Soren is in jail since January 31 on the charge of Bargai Anchal land scam. The ED has completed the investigation in the case and filed a charge sheet against 5 including Hemant Soren on March 30. Apart from this, a supplementary charge sheet has also been filed in the court against 10 accused including Gmail leader Antu Tirkey. 11 accused including Hemant Soren have been arrested in the case.

Elections will be held in Jharkhand this year

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has got a big relief after Hemant Soren got bail. The party is in power in the state. Soren is in command of JMM. Therefore, the party has got new energy before the elections. Champai Soren was made the Chief Minister of the state after Hemant Soren went to jail.