Pravesh Santra v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

18.01.2023 sdas rejected C.R.M. (DB) No. 213 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Narendrapur Police Station Case No. 1061 of 2022 dated 25.09.2022 under Sections 376(3)/120B of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 6/17 of the POCSO Act and charge-sheet submitted under Sections 376DA/120B of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 6/17 of the POCSO Act.

And In Re : Pravash Santra ..... petitioner Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty ... for the petitioner Ms. Faria Hossain Ms. Baisali Basu ... for the State Heard the learned Counsels for the parties.

We have considered the materials on record. Petitioner was present at the spot when a co-accused committed rape on the victim. In view of involvement of the petitioner in the crime, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. The application for bail is, thus, rejected.

(Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)