Calcutta High CourtCRM(M)/981/2026allowed

Jhantu Molla @ Md. Jhantu Molla v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

2026-06-30Hon'Ble Justice Tirthankar Ghosh3 pages

30.06.2026 Serial no. 135 [G.S.D] CRM (M) 981 of 2026 In re : An Application for Bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Chapra PS Case No. 1419 of 2025 dated 08.11.2025 u/s 64/76/79/351(3)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023, Sessions Case No.

750(12)/2025.

-AndIn the matter of : Jhantu Molla @ Md. Jhantu Molla ... Petitioner(s) Mr. Prabir Majumder Mr. Snehansu Majumder Ms. Sangeeta Chakraborty Ms. Anindita Kundu ... for the Petitioner(s) Ms. Koel Mukherjee ... for the State-respondent(s) Ms. Sima Ghosh ... for the Victim[L/A] Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 233 days; charge-sheet has been submitted; charges have also been framed and the evidence of the victim has already been recorded. Therefore, learned advocate prays that the petitioner may be released on bail on any stringent condition.

Learned advocate for the defacto-complainant is present and opposes the prayer for bail.

State has produced the case diary.

I have taken into account the statement of the victim under Section 183 of the BNS as well as her deposition before the court.

Having considered the same, I am of the view that further custodial detention of the present petitioner is unwarranted.

Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Allowed.

Accordingly, the petitioner viz, Jhantu Molla @ Md. Jhantu Molla shall be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Krishnagar, Nadia.

If on bail, the petitioner shall also make himself physically available on each and every date so fixed by the learned trial court and shall not leave the district of Nadia without prior permission of the learned trial court. Accordingly, CRM (M) 981 of 2026 is allowed.

Memo of Evidence submitted be kept with the record. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon'ble High Court, Calcutta.

Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)