Surajit Mal v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

22.01.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.61 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 63 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 Nandakumar Police Station Case No. 195 of 2024 dated 22.03.2024 under Sections 363/366/34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 9/10 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (G.R. Case No. 951 of 2024). And In Re :

Surajit Mal ... Petitioner.

Mr. Arnab Chatterjee, Mr. Avik Ghosh, Mr. Abhinaba Mukherjee ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Bitasok Banerjee, Mr. Aritra Bhattacharya ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is better placed than the other accused who has been granted bail in CRM (M) 1739 of 2025. Learned advocate appearing for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail and draws the attention of the Court to the Statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS. However, learned advocate for the State is unable to satisfy this Court as there is no medical report available in the case diary.

Having regard to the totality of the circumstances as is depicted from the case diary, I am of the view that further detention of the present petitioner in connection with the

instant case is unwarranted. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Surajit Mal 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur.

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 Purba Medinipur without prior permission of the learned Trial Court.

Case diary be returned to learned advocate appearing for the State.

The application for bail, being CRM (M) 63 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.)