Rajkumar Das @ Raj Kumar Das @ Swapan Das @ Swapan v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

25.04.2024 sdas rejected C.R.M.(DB) No. 273 of 2024 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Polba Police Station Case No.

of dated 22.09.2020 under Sections 366/370/370A/372/373/376/120B of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 3/4/5/6/7/8 of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act along with Sections 4/6/8/12/17 of the POCSO Act.

And In Re : Rajkumar Das @ Raj Kumar Das @ Swapan Das @ Swapan .... Petitioner Mr. Sourav Chatterjee Mr. Koustav Bagchi Ms. Priti Kar ....for the petitioner Mr. Antarikhya Basu ....... for the State Mr. Kaushik Gupta Ms. Joanna Shireen Sarkar ...... for the victim girl

1. Heard the learned Counsels for the parties. 2.

We have considered the materials on record.

Allegations involve trafficking of victims for sexual exploitation. Bail prayer of the petitioner had been rejected earlier on merits. It is also contended petitioner's wife had threatened the victims who are yet to be examined. Next date for examination of one of the victims has been fixed on 2nd May, 2024. In view of the delicate stage at which the case is poised and the nature of Signed By :

SHANTANU DAS High Court of Calcutta 26 th of April 2024 03:45:07 PM

offence, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

3.

Application for bail is, thus, rejected.

(Gaurang Kanth, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.) Signed By :

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