Anil Bhowmick v. State Of West Bengal

08.09.2020 Sl. No.34 akd [Rejected] C. R. M. 6078 of 2020 [via video conferencing] CRAN 1 of 2020 [Old No. CRAN 4543/2020] In Re: An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on 18.08.2020 in connection with Sonarpur Police Station Case No. 2611 of 2016 dated 07.12.2016 under Sections 366A/370/370A/372/373/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 3/4/5/6/7/9 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act and Sections 4/17 of the POCSO Act.

And In Re: Anil Bhowmick ... ... Petitioner Mr. Angshuman Chakraborty .. Advocate ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Arijit Ganguly .. Advocate Mr. Sanjib Kumar Dan .. Advocate ... ... for the State Petitioner undertakes to affirm and stamp the petition/application as per Rules within a month of resumption of normal functioning of the court. Subject to such undertaking, the application is taken up for hearing through video conferencing. The application being CRAN 1 of 2020 (Old No. CRAN 4543 of 2020) is accordingly, disposed of.

Having considered the materials on record disclosing prima facie involvement of the petitioner in trafficking women for sexual exploitation, we are of the opinion that this is not a fit case to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

The application for bail is thus rejected.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)