Ratan Sardar v. State Of West Bengal

May 02, 2025 31 ARDR (Allowed) CRM (M) 236 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed in connection with Chakdaha Police Station Case No. 17 of 2021 dated 11th January, 2021 under Sections 302/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. And In Re :

Ratan Sardar ... Petitioner.

Adv. Niladri Sekhar Ghosh, Adv. Sompurna Chatterjee, Adv. Labani Sikder, Adv. Souvik Dey, ... for the petitioner.

Adv. Amita Gaur, Adv. Debolina Das, ... for the State.

Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The petitioner is in custody for more than a year. His bail prayer was turned down earlier primarily on the ground that he has seven criminal antecedents.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that out of seven cases he has been acquitted in four cases and is on bail in connection with remaining three cases.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. It appears that the name of the petitioner has transpired from the statement of the co-accused. Evidence is in progress. Considering the material on record as well as extent of complicity of the petitioner in the alleged offence, prayer for bail is allowed subject to stringent conditions in order to secure his attendance before the learned trial Court.

Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed.

The petitioner namely Ratan Sardar be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kalyani, Nadia, subject to the condition that he shall remain outside the jurisdiction of Chakdaha Police Station and shall furnish his address where he shall presently reside before the learned trial Court, Investigating officer and the Officer in charge of the concerned police station under whose jurisdiction he shall henceforth reside. He shall appear before the learned trial Court on every date of hearing and shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.

In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stated above, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel their bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.

The application for bail is 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.)