Sk Nur Alam v. State Of West Bengal

May 02, 2025 29 ARDR (Rejected) CRM (M) 228 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Illambazar Police Station Case No. 227 of 2023 dated 31/10/2023 under Sections 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

And In Re :

Sk Nur Alam ... Petitioner.

Adv. Joy Chakraborty, Adv. Ipsita Ghosh, ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Biswajit Hazra, Adv. Archisman Sain, ...for the defacto complainant.

Adv. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury, Adv. Diksha Ghosh, ... for the State.

The petitioner is in custody for more than a year and renews his prayer for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that mobile phone and the blood stained wearing apparels of the victim allegedly seized from the petitioner's house may have been sent for forensic examination, but reports are still awaited. The said articles cannot be connected to the petitioner. The case is based on circumstantial evidence and chances of completion of trial in near future is remote. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the victim was called by the petitioner over telephone and was last seen together with the petitioner immediately prior to the alleged incident. The articles belonging to the deceased as well as his mobile phone was recovered pursuant to the leading statement of the petitioner. Reports are awaited. Out of 22 witnesses, 5 witnesses have been examined.

Allegation against the petitioner is extremely grave. Considering the prima facie involvement of the petitioner in the alleged offence and

also the fact that conviction, if any, shall attract mandatory life imprisonment, prayer for bail is rejected at this stage. The application for bail is disposed of.

Case Diary be returned.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)