Masang Mandi v. State Of West Bengal

30.03.2023 ct 28/tkm C.R.M. (DB) 1251 of 2023 sl no.61 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Jhargram P.S, case no. 121/2021 dated 30.06.2021 under sections 302/120B IPC And In Re : Masang Mandi ........ petitioner Ms. Rituparna De Ghose ...... for the petitioner Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, APP Ms. Sonali Das ...... for the State Petitioner is in custody for 368 days. He submits there is delay in trial.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the bail prayer. We have considered the materials on record. Statement of witness implicates the petitioner in the murder. Trial is in progress. Under such circumstances, we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is rejected.

Trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at an early date.

(Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)