Subir Das @ Biltu v. State Of West Bengal

19.01.2024 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 184 of 2024 sl no. 53 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Nimta PS case no. 203 of 2019 dated 5.6.2019 under sections 302/120B/201/34 IPC read with sections 25(1B)(a)/27 of the Arms Act And In Re : Subir Das @ Biltu ....petitioner Mr. S S Roy ...... for the petitioner Mr. Sudip Ghosh Mr. Bitasok Banerjee ...... for the State

1. Petitioner is in custody for more than four years. He submits there is delay in trial. He renews his bail prayer.

2. Learned lawyer for the State submits delay is not wholly attributable to the prosecution.

3. We have considered the on record. There are ample evidence connecting the petitioner with the murder. Bail prayer of the petitioner was rejected earlier. Trial is in progress.

4. Under such circumstances we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage and his prayer for bail is rejected. 5.

Trial court is requested to expedite the trial and conclude the same at an early date.

(Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)