Guwahati, Apr 10 A key accused in the Zubeen Garg death case, North East India Festival (NEIF) organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, on Friday applied for bail before the special fast-track court.
Special public prosecutor Ziaur Kamar said Mahanta's lawyer moved the bail petition.
"They wanted the hearing date for it to be set on April 13. But the court has put it for April 22. We will file our objection to bail," he said.
Mahanta had earlier also applied for bail, but had withdrawn the application later.
A special sessions fast-track court is hearing the case on a day-to-day basis.
The singer-composer drowned while swimming off Lazarus Island on September 19, a day before he was slated to perform at the North East India Festival in Singapore.
A Special Investigation Team of Assam Police's CID probed the death and filed its charge sheet before a local court here in December, naming seven accused. Four of them are facing murder charges, including Mahanta.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the state Assembly in November that Garg's death was a case of "plain and simple murder".
Singapore Police, which has carried out a separate probe, has concluded that there is no evidence of foul play.
Authorities in Assam, however, maintained that it will not impact the case here in any manner.
