Sk Raihan @ Habbu @ Raihan Hoque v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

23.02.2023 sdas/tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 496 of 2023 sl no.32 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with English Bazar P.S case no. 487 of 2022 dated 27.3.2022 under sections 449/342/376(3)/376(2)(m)/201/506 IPC and section 6 of the POCSO Act And In Re : Sk. Raihan @ Habbu @ Raihan Hoque ........ petitioner Mr. S Kalidas Saha ...... for the petitioner Ms.. Z N Khan Md. Kutubuddin ...... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 331 days. He prays for bail. Report is submitted.

Nobody appears for the victim.

We have considered the materials on record including the evidence of the minor. She has implicated the petitioner in the crime. Trial is in progress.

Under such circumstances, we are not inclined to grant bail to petitioner.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is rejected.

Trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same as expeditiously as possible preferably within six months from the next date fixed for recording evidence without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)