Zahid Hossain @ Jahid Hussain @ Mithu v. State Of West Bengal

23.04.2025 Item No.35 Ct.No.34 rc.

C.R.M. (M) 106 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Khardah Police Station Case No. 508 of 2021 dated 14.08.2021. And In Re :

Zahid Hossain @ Jahid Hussain @ Mithu ... Petitioner Mr. Sumit Kumar Basu Mr. Shayan Sachin Basu Mr. Tridip Sen Mr. Abhijit Adhikari ... for the Petitioner Mr. Rana Mukherjee Mr. Nirupam Dhali ... for the State Mr. Sabir Ahmed Mr. Sanat Kumar Das Mr. Sujan Chatterjee Mr. Rohan Bavishi ...for the Victim The petitioner is in custody for more than three years and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no evidence connecting the petitioner to the alleged offence.

Learned counsels for the State and the defacto complainant oppose the prayer.

It appears that the trial is at its fag end and only the Investigating Officer remains to be examined. Some of the witnesses have named the petitioner suggesting his prima

facie involvement in the alleged offence. Considering the material on record 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 is disposed of.

Case Diary is 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.)