Kunti Kayal v. State Of West Bengal

20.06.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das Rejected C.R.M. (M) 237 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Kultali Police Station Case No.640 of 2022 dated 11.10.2022 under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re :

Kunti Kayal ... Petitioner.

Mr. Navanil De Ms. S. Mazumder ... for the petitioner.

Ms. Sreyashee Biswas Mr. Dipankar Mahata ... for the State.

Mr. Aritra Palit Syed M. Alam Mr. Subrata Ghosh Ms. Amrita See Ms. A. Ahmadi Mr. Kalu Mondal ...for the de facto complainant.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The petitioner is in custody for more than 2 years and renews her prayer.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that despite a direction of this Court for completion of trial within a year in connection with an application for bail filed by a co accused, trial is proceeding at a very slow pace and there is little possibility of it being completed within the stipulated time frame.

Learned counsels for the State and the de facto complainant oppose the prayer.

Learned counsel for the State submits that after bail was granted to the co accused, Prodip Kayal @ Pradip Kayal,

he threatened the witnesses for which specific FIR was lodged against him. Charge sheet has been submitted. The de facto complainant has sought cancellation of his bail prayer being CRM (DB) 1550 of 2024, which is pending. I have considered the material on record. It appears from the statement of one of the eye witnesses that the petitioner hacked the victim with a 'bnoti'. The delay in trial has been caused by several adjournments taken on behalf of the defence.

Considering the material on record prima facie connecting the petitioner to the alleged offence, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage.

The learned trial Court is directed to take the proceeding to its logical conclusion as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.

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.)