Mangal Das v. State Of West Bengal

CRM (DB) 399 of 2022 23.03.2022 Sl. 81 Court No.29 (sourav) (Allowed) In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 07.02.2022 in connection with Domjur Police Station Case No. 62 of 2021 dated 23.01.2021 under Sections 498A/302/34 and added Section 313 of the Indian Penal Code .

And In the matter of: Mangal Das ....petitioner.

Mr. Ramashis Mukherjee ...for the petitioner.

Ms. Faria Hossain Ms. Baisali Basu ... for the State.

Petitioner prays for bail.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for one year two months. He refers to the Post Mortem Report. He submits that the death was due to left ventricular failure which is a natural cause. Learned advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the Post Mortem Report and the statement of the son of the victim recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Considering the period of detention of the petitioner and considering the fact that the police filed charge-sheet, we deem it appropriate to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a Bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Howrah, subject to the condition that during bail he shall appear before the learned trial court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate

witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. In the event the petitioner fails to comply with the conditions as enshrined hereinbefore, it is open to the trial court to cancel the bail without any further reference to this Court.

The application for bail being CRM (DB) 399 of 2022 is, thus, disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)