Utpal Ghosh Alias Banti v. State Of West Bengal

CRM (DB) 1316 of 2022 18.05.2022 Sl. 83 Court No.29 (sourav) (Allowed) In Re: - An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed in connection with Hanskhali Police Station Case No. 865 of 2021 dated 28.12.2021 under Sections 341/325/354B/307/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. And In the matter of: Utpal Ghosh @ Banti ....petitioner.

Ms. Sananda Bhattacharyya ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Debabrata Chatterjee Mr. Santanu Chatterjee ... for the State.

Petitioner prays for bail.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody for 83 days. The police filed charge-sheet and, therefore, further detention of the petitioner is not required.

Learned advocate appearing for the State draws the attention of the Court to the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code as also her medical report.

Considering the period of detention of the petitioner and considering the materials in the case diary, we 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranaghat, Nadia subject to the condition that during bail the petitioner 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 comply with the conditions as enshrined hereinbefore, it is open to the trial court to cancel the bail without any further reference to this Court.

The application for bail being CRM (DB) 1316 of 2022 is, thus, disposed of.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Bibhas Ranjan De, J.)