Sujoy Patra @ Bachha v. State Of West Bengal

May 08, 2025 20 ARDR (Rejected) CRM (DB) 871 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Ghola Police Station Case No. 201 of 2021 dated 29th March, 2021 under Sections 326/307/120B of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act.

And In Re :

Sujoy Patra @ Bachha ... Petitioner.

Adv. Nilanjan Adhikari, ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Manaswita Mukherjee, ...for the defacto complainant.

Adv. Anand Keshri, Adv. Saptarshi Chakraborty, ...for the State.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

Bail prayer of the petitioner was turned down by this Court earlier considering the material on record.

The petitioner is the principal assailant who shot at the victim. He has been identified in the Test Identification Parade. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is in custody for more than three years and only PW 1 is being examined. It appears from the memo of evidence submitted by the State that the learned counsel for the petitioner was not present before the learned trial Court on several occasions which caused delay in trial. The delay can be attributed to the petitioner also to some extent. The allegations are extremely grave in nature. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence as well as the role of the petitioner therein, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

Learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties. The application for bail is disposed of.

Case Diary be returned.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)