Sadhan Sarkar @ Laltu Sarkar v. State Of West Bengal

22.01.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.49 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 49 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponding to Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Gangnapur Police Station Case No. 138 of 2024 dated 18.05.2024 under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 read with Sections 397/412 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959. And In Re :

Sadhan Sarkar @ Laltu Sarkar ... Petitioner.

Mr. Shibaji Kumar Das, Mr. Dipendu Kumar Das, Ms. Deblina De ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Anand Keshari, Mr. Asif Dewan ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for about 1 year 9 months. According to the petitioner, similarly placed accused person has been granted bail in CRM (M) 2220 of 2025; no T.I. Parade was conducted by the Investigating Officer of the case and the prosecution earlier has submitted that it intends to examine 20 witnesses, but till date only eight witnesses have been examined.

Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and submits that so far as the recovery is concerned, a part of the petitioner's belt was recovered.

Be that as it may, since the case is of the year 2024 and substantial time has passed since the petitioner is in custody, I am of the view that further detention of the present petitioner in connection with the instant case is unwarranted in the background of the materials collected by the investigating agency. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Sadhan Sarkar @ Laltu Sarkar shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranaghat, Nadia. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date so fixed by the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of Nadia without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. The application for bail, being CRM (M) 49 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of.

All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)