Bhabani Santra v. State Of West Bengal

AD 13.05.2022 Ct. No.29 (Allowed) C.R.M. (DB) 1152 of 2022 In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Criminal Misc. Case No.922 of 2022 arising out of Sankrail P.S. Case No.301 of 2022 dated 18/03/2022 under Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act (G.R. Case No.1688 of 2022).

And In the matter of: Bhabani Santra ....petitioner.

Mr. Sabir Ahmed Mr. Mujibar Ali Naskar Mr. Apan Saha ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Sudip ghosh Mr. Apurba Kumar Datta Mr. Bitasok Banerji ...for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail.

Considering the period of detention of the petitioner, the gravity of the offence and the involvement of the petitioner therein as transpiring from the materials in the case diary, we grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a Bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Howrah, subject to the condition that during bail the petitioner shall meet the Investigating Officer once a week till the conclusion of the investigation and that the petitioner shall appear before the learned trial court on every date of hearing and that the petitioner shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to comply with the conditions as enshrined hereinbefore, it is open to the trial court to cancel the bail without any further reference to this Court. The prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. The application for bail being C.R.M. (DB) 1152 of 2022 is, thus, disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)