Laxmi Kanta Adak v. State Of West Bengal

05.04.2023 tkm/ct 28 C.R.M. (DB) 1366 of 2023 sl no.54 In Re : An application for bail under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Chanditala PS case no. 157 of 2011 dated 20.7.2011 under section 302 IPC And In Re : Laxmi Kanta Adak ........ petitioner Mr. M Chatterjee Mr. R R Kumar Mr. D Majumder ...... for the petitioner Mr. N Ahmed Ms. Trina Mitra ...... for the State Heard learned lawyers for the parties.

We have considered the materials on record. Statements of witnesses show petitioner had killed his grand-mother. He has absconded for a protracted period of time i.e. six years. Hence, we are not inclined to grant bail to petitioner at this stage.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is rejected.

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