Gopal Chandra Das @ Jana v. State Of West Bengal

18.06.2026

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Item No.86 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION Ct.No.35 dc.

Allowed C.R.M. (M) 818 of 2026 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed in connection with Sarenga Police Station Case No. 64 of 2023 dated 18.09.2023 under Sections 364/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and charge-sheet submitted under Sections 364/302/201/34 of the Indian Penal Code (G.R. Case No. 755 of 2023).

And In Re :

Gopal Chandra Das @ Jana ... Petitioner.

Mr. Soujanyo Pattanayak, Mr. Arkaprabho Roy, Mr. Rhiddhiman Mukherjee ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Rajendra Banerjee, APP, Mr. Sunil Gupta ... For the State.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 1 year 7 months and the genesis of the case is on the basis of extra judicial statement of the co-accused. Learned advocate submits that case is based on circumstantial evidence.

Learned advocate appearing for the State submits that dead body of the deceased could not be traced. However, the wearing apparels were recovered which were identified and evidences support that the same belonged to the deceased. It has also been submitted that prosecution as a whole intends to examine 20 witnesses and till date, 6 witnesses have been examined.

Be that as it may, petitioner is in custody for 1 year 7 months and some time will be required to take the trial to its logical conclusion. As such, without entering into the merits of the case, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. As such, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, the petitioner viz., Gopal Chandra Das @ Jana shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-, with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Khatra, Bankura.

If on bail, the petitioner shall be physically present on each and every date so fixed by the learned Trial Court and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the district of Bankura without prior permission of the learned Trial Court. Learned Trial Court, if it deems fit and proper, would impose additional conditions for ensuring the appearance of the present petitioner.

The application for bail, being CRM (M) 818 of 2026, is, thus, disposed of.

All concerned parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly 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.)