Chotelal Ray v. State Of West Bengal

21.04.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das Rejected C.R.M. (M) 156 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Liluah Police Station Case No.121 of dated 22.02.2025 under Sections 18(2)/109/3(5) of BNS, 2023 read with Section 25 (1-b)(a)/27 of Arms Act.

And In Re : Chotelal Ray @ Machher ... Petitioner.

Mr. Mrityunjay Chatterjee Ms. Debapriya Majumder Mr. Akash Sarkar Mr. Arindam Poali ... for the petitioner.

Ms. Sujata Das Ms. Debjani Sahu ... for the State.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The petitioner is in custody for about 45 days. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has no nexus whatsoever with the alleged offence. He is a man of the locality and only identified the victim, as asked by the alleged miscreants. He was also not a party to the offence.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. It appears from the statement of the victim recorded under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure that the petitioner crossed the victim in a scooty and identified him before the alleged miscreants.

The material available in the case diary prima facie suggests involvement of the petitioner in the alleged offence. Investigation is at a nascent stage.

Considering the material on record, the prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

The application for bail is thus disposed of. Case diary be returned.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)