Chittaranjan Rakshit @ Pintu Rakshit v. State Of West Bengal

12.07.2021. (Via Video Conference) Item No.11 (Rejected) A.J/S.M C.R.M. 2099 of 2021 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 23.02.2021 in connection with Taldangra Police Station Case No. 47 of 2020 dated 03.08.2020 under Sections 305/34 of the Indian Penal Code corresponding to G.R Case no. 214 of 2020.

And In the matter of : Chittaranjan Rakshit @ Pintu Rakshit ... petitioner.

Mr. Samiran Mandal, Mr. Abhinaba Dan, ...For the petitioner.

Mr. Binay Panda Ms. Puspita Saha, Mr. S. Bhakat, ...For the State.

This is an application for bail in connection with Taldangra Police Station Case No. 47 of 2020 dated 03.08.2020 under Sections 305/34 of the Indian Penal Code corresponding to G.R Case no. 214 of 2020.

The victim was traumatized and had undergone a psychological treatment by repeated counseling in connection with another case lodged against the petitioner for sexual assault.

The victim girls was minor and therefore, the Section under the POCSO Act was also added thereto.

The present case has been lodged for the suicide committed by the said victim minor girl allegedly on the premise that after the petitioner was released on bail in connection with the earlier case, there was a perception of threat being put by the petitioner which relates to the committal of death by hanging.

The petitioner is already in custody for two hundred and eight days. There has been statement not only of the

mother of the victim girl but also other witness. The gravity thereof cannot be ruled out at this stage. We do not think that it is a fit case where petitioner should be enlarged on bail.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. (Harish Tandon, J.) (Subhasis Dasgupta, J.)