Pradip Adhikari v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

21.01.2026 Court No.35.

D/L.46.

Rakib (Allowed) CRM (R) 5 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Dum Dum Police Station case no. 318 of 2025 dated 30.09.2025 under Section 8 of the POCSO Act, 2012.

And In the matter of : Pradip Adhikari ......Petitioner.

Mr. Saswata Gopal Mukherjee, Sr. Adv, Mr. Srinjoy Das Ms. Sneha Das ......for the Petitioner.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly Mr. Asraf Mondal ......for the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 30th of September, 2025 and has been implicated in connection with the instant case because of landlord tenant dispute.

Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and draws the attention of the Court to the statement of the victim under Section 183 of the BNSS.

Having considered the nature of accusations made in the statement of the victim, I am of the opinion that further detention of the petitioner is unwarranted. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

As such, petitioner namely, Pradip Adhikari shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees

Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of the learned Judge, Special Court under the POCSO Act cum Additional District and Sessions Judge, 1st Court, Barrackpore. If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date before the learned trial Court in seisin of the case and shall not leave the jurisdiction of district of North 24 Parganas without the prior permission of the learned Special Court. Additionally, it is directed that the petitioner shall not enter into the jurisdiction of Dum Dum Police Station. Learned trial Court would ensure adherence of the aforesaid conditions and also would cancel the bail if there are violations of such conditions without further reference to this Court. As such, the application for bail being CRM (R) No. 5 of 2026 is allowed.

All parties shall act in terms of server copy of the order 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.)