Goutam Mondal v. State Of West Bengal

03.09.2020 SL No.41 pk CRM 6194 of 2020 With CRAN/1/2020(Old No. CRAN 4701 of 2020) (Through Video Conference) In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with English Bazar Police Station Case No. 296 of 2019 dated 25.03.2019 under Sections 376/506 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In the matter of: Goutam Mondal ....Petitioner.

Ms. Ishita biswas ...for the Petitioner.

Mr. B. K. Roy, Ms. Rita Dutta ...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. Accordingly, the application being CRAN 4701 of 2020 is disposed of.

Having considered the materials on record and bearing in mind the facts and circumstances of the case and the period of detention suffered by the petitioner, that is, 54 days and in the light of the submissions that he has been falsely implicated in the instant case and as investigation is complete, we are inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial

Magistrate, Malda on condition that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever. In the event he fails to appear before the trial court without justifiable cause, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail automatically without reference to this Court. The application being CRM 6194 of 2020 is disposed of. (Suvra Ghosh, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)