India, Aug. 29 -- The Supreme Court has listed for hearing on August 31 an appeal of Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, challenging the August 6 order of the Calcutta High Court denying him pre-arrest bail in the Salboni land-grabbing case.

The top court, which on August 6 stayed the arrest of Roy in connection with the land-grabbing case, has been supplied with some alleged incriminating materials in a sealed cover by the West Bengal police, who want to interrogate him in custody on the ground of non-cooperation.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state Government, had opposed the grant of protection from arrest by a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Ba...