Sk Sattar Ali v. State Of West Bengal

08.02.2023 Sl. No.31 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. (DB) 338 of 2023 In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 20.01.2023 in connection with Dholahat Police Station Case No.455 dated 03.10.2022 under Section 376AB of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6(1) of the POCSO Act. And In Re: Sk. Sattar Ali ... ... Petitioner Md. Sabir Ahmed Mr. Sandip Kumar Mondal Mr. Suman Biswas Mr. Sumit Routh Ms. Riya Das ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Abhra Mukherjee Mr. Dipankar Mahata ... ... for the State Report is placed on record.

We have considered the materials on record including the statement of the minor victim. In view of her statement implicating the petitioner in the offence of penetrative sexual assault, we are not inclined to grant bail to him at this stage.

The application for bail is thus rejected.

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