Sourav Chatterjee @ Papai v. State Of West Bengal

04.04.2023 sdas allowed CRM(DB) No. 1352 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Ranaghat Police Station Case No. 57 of 2023 dated 03.02.2023 under Sections 333/353/354/325/326/307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and subsequently charge-sheet submitted under Sections 333/353/354/325/326/307/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re : Sourav Chatterjee @ Papai ...... petitioner Ms. Anuradha Poddar Mr. Sujoy Sarkar Mr. Prasun Mukherjee ....for the petitioner Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury Mr. Sandip Chakraborty .... for the State Heard the learned Counsels for the parties.

We have considered the materials on record. Allegations against the petitioner are general and omnibus. Co-accused are on bail. He is in custody for 55 days. Keeping in mind the extent of complicity of the petitioner in the crime, we are inclined to grant bail to him.

Accordingly, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranaghat, Nadia, subject to conditions that petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing until further orders and shall not intimidate the witnesses and/or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

The application for bail is, accordingly, allowed. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)