Sudipta Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

CRM (DB) 806 of 2022 24.03.2022 Sl. 44 Court No.29 Suvayan (Allowed) In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 21.03.2022 in connection with Barasat Women Police Station Case No. 45 of 2021 dated 24.06.2021 under Sections 498A/323/354/406/376/506/511 of the Indian Penal Code. And In the matter of: Sudipta Mondal ....petitioner.

Mr. D. Deb Mr. Pabitra Biswas ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Tanmay Kr. Ghosh Ms. Sonali Bhar ... for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a lecturer in Medical Electronics at Central Calcutta Polytechnics. On the fateful day, there was a heated exchange between himself and his wife whereupon his father-inlaw and sister-in-law arrived at the scene. It was thereafter alleged that the petitioner allegedly tried to ravish his sister-inlaw and that too in the presence of his wife, his father-in-law and his children.

Learned Advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the contents in the case diary including the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Considering the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein and considering the materials in the case diary and considering the nature of employment of the petitioner, 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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barasat, North 24 Parganas subject to the condition that during bail he shall appear before the Investigating Officer once in a fortnight till the conclusion of the investigation and 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.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. CRM (DB) 806 of 2022 is, thus disposed of.

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