Aasrab Mandal @ Asrab Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

14.08.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das Rejected C.R.M. (DB) 806 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Karimpur Police Station Case No.33 of 2024 dated 12.02.2024 under Sections 302/120B of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re :

Aasrab Mandal @ Asrab Mondal ... Petitioner.

Mr. Joydeep Biswas Mr. Asraf Mandal ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Madhusudan Sur Ms. Rita Dutta ... for the State.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for more than 11⁄2 years and renews his prayer for bail. The case is based on circumstantial evidence. The seizure witnesses who were examined under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure subsequently gave a second statement before the investigating officer implicating the petitioner. Their initial statement does not record anything about the involvement of the petitioner in the alleged offence.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. I have considered the material on record. The petitioner was last seen together with the victim immediately prior to the alleged incident. The offending weapon has been recovered at the instance of the petitioner. He is in custody

for about 11⁄2 years. Offence, if proved, shall attract mandatory life imprisonment.

Considering the nature and gravity of the offence and prima facie involvement of the petitioner therein, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

The application for bail is thus disposed of. Case diary be returned.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)