Ajit Kumar Sau @ Ajit Kumar Sou v. State Of West Bengal

27.04.2026 Court No.35.

D/L. 137.

Kausik (Allowed) CRM (M) 719 of 2026 In Re: An Application for Bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/ Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Jagatballavpur Police Station Case No. 182 of 2022 dated 20.08.2022 under Sections 395/397/324/120B/412/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 25/27 of the Arms Act.

And In the matter of : Ajit Kumar Sau @ Ajit Kumar Sou ......Petitioner.

Mr. Dipanjan Chatterjee Mr. Asit Nayek ......for the Petitioner.

Mrs. Sonali Das Mrs. Rituparna Saha ......for the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for more than 3 year and 6 months and till date out of 27 witnesses, 16 witnesses have been examined.

Learned advocate for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that petitioner was identified in the T.I. Parade and the offending weapon and the looted booty had been recovered at the instance of the present petitioner. The same submission was advanced on or about September 11, 2025 when the prayer for bail of the co-accused was rejected.

Having considered that there has been hardly any progress of the case for the last 7 months and the petitioner is in custody for more than 3 and a half years I am of the view that without entering into the merits of the case and only on the grounds of period of detention of the present petitioner, he may be released on bail.

Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, Petitioner, namely, Ajit Kumar Sau @ Ajit Kumar Sou shall furnish bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) with two sureties of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each, one of whom must be local to the satisfaction of Learned CJM, Howrah.

If on bail, petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date fixed before the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of District of Howrah without the prior permission of the learned Special Court.

Learned Trial Court is directed that prior to accepting the bond, learned Trial Court would be at liberty to impose conditions for ensuring the appearance of the petitioner to that extent. Learned Trial Court may direct the petitioner to meet with the Inspector-in-Charge/Officer-in-Charge of the local police station for a certain period of time which he deems fit and proper.

With the aforesaid observations CRM (M) 719 of 2026 is allowed.

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

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)