Esad Ali Ersad Ali v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

18.04.2023 sdas rejected C.R.M. (DB) No. 1509 of 2023 In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Itahar Police Station Case No. 374 of 2022 dated 30.06.2022 under Section 6 of the POCSO Act read with Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re : Esad Ali @ Ersad Ali ..... petitioner Mr. Ashok Halder Ms. R. Mukherjee ... for the petitioner Mr. Avishek Sinha ... for the State Heard the learned Counsels for the parties.

Statement of the minor shows she was forcibly kidnapped and raped.

In view of the aforesaid circumstances and gravity of the offence we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The application for bail is, thus, rejected.

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